Ch 4 Genetics Vocabulary Review

A characteristic such of a species such as size or shape.

• Character

• Trait

• Allele

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A form of a character such as tall or short

• Trait

• Character

• Allele

• DNA

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The trait that an organism expresses as determined by its genotype.

• Phenotype

• Allele

• DNA

• Gene

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The letters that symbolize an organism's alleles for a specific gene.

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• DNA

• Drift

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The Father of Genetics is known as

• Gregor Mendel

• Punnett

• Thomas Edison

• Francis Crick

This type of plant is a plant that always produces descendants with the same trait.

• Purebred

• Hybrid

An offspring with a mix of alleles for a specific characteristic.

• Hybrid

• Purebred

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Traits that APPEAR in a hybrid.

• Dominant Traits

• Recessive Traits

Traits that are hidden in a hybrid.

• Dominant Traits

• Recessive Traits

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Fill in the blank for the first principle of heredity: In a cross of purebred parents, all offspring of the first generation will show the ____________ trait.

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Neither