Genetics and Heredity

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True or False: Offspring will always look exactly alike?

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False

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What does the genotype Yy represent?

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A dominant trait

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What type of plant did Gregor Mendel breed?

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Pea plants

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How many copies of their genes do all living things have?

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Two

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What do capital letters in genotypes (YY) represent?

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Dominant alleles

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What is heredity?

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The passing of traits from parents to offspring.

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What is a genotype?

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The genetic makeup of an organism.

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What is a phenotype?

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The physical appearance of an organism.

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What are alleles?

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Different forms of a gene.

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What is a dominant allele?

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An allele that expresses its trait even when paired with a recessive allele.