The study of how traits pass from parents to offspring

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Genetics

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The selection and breeding of an organism for desired traits

• Selective breeding
• Random breeding
• Genetic modification
• Natural selection

The passing of traits from parents to offspring.

• Genetics
• Heredity
• Inheritance
• Evolution

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A genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor.

• Inhibitor
• Blocker
• Suppressor
• Dominant trait

A genetic factor that is blocked by the presence of a dominant factor

• Dominant
• Incomplete
• Codominant
• Recessive

The alleles of all the genes on an organism’s chromosomes make up this on an organism

• allele combination
• chromosome type
• genotype
• phenotype

How the traits appear or are expressed

• phenotype

• Through random chance
• Through emotions and thoughts
• Through environment only

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

When an organism’s genotype has two different alleles for a trait

• Heterozygous
• Monogenic
• Diploid
• Homozygous

When an organism’s genotype has two identical alleles for a trait

• Homozygous
• Diploid
• Monohybrid
• Heterozygous

A cross between two individuals that are hybrids for one trait

• Dihybrid cross
• Monohybrid cross
• Genetic cross
• Punnett square