genetics

Which of these are characteristics of inherited traits?

• being able to speak in front of a crowd

• having green eyes and brown hair

• mastering your multiplication facts

• becoming a teacher

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A segment of DNA that codes for a trait

• gene

• centromere

• chromosome

• chromatid

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

an observable characteristic

• trait

• personality

• cell

• DNA

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

A version or variation of a gene

• trait

• gene

• allele

• DNA

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

The alleles that an organism has/inherits are its

• genotype

• phenotype

• chromosome

• recessive

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The observable expression of a trait is its

• phenotype

• genotype

• chromosome

• allele

______ is the set of genes possessed by someone

• Karyotype

• Fingerprint

• Genotype

• Phenotype

The physical expression of a trait.

• phenotype

• genotype

• chromosome

• allele

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

An ss fly could be described as (Check all that apply.)

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• dominant phenotype

• recessive phenotype

The genotype Aa is best described as

• heterozygous

• homozygous