Heredity Quiz

Heredity is

• the passing of traits from parents to offspring

• the passing of money to parents

• genes

• alleles affect inheritance

a dominant allele is

• a hidden gene

• traits always shows up in the organism when the allele is present

• the number that describes how likely an event is to occur

• selective breeding

recessive allele

• hidden when dominant is present

• dominant allele

• always present

• GG

phenotype

• an organisms genetic makeup

• the organisms physical appearance or visible traits

• genotype

• purebred

GG

• Homozygous Dominant

• Heterozygous Dominant

• Homozygous Recessive

• Heterozygous Recessive

gg

• homozygous dominant

• heterozygous dominant

• homozygous recessive

• heterozygous recssive

Gg

• homozygous dominant

• heterozygous dominant

• recessive

The physical traits of an organism

• Teletype
• Genotype
• Mesotype
• Phenotype

The genetic traits of an organism

• Teletype

• Genotype

• Mesotype

• Phenotype

A chart that shows all the possible ways alleles can combine in a genetic cross.

• Pedigree

• Family tree

• Heterozygous

• Punnett square