Basic Genetics Vocabulary

a gene that can hide the effect of a recessive gene

• dominant gene

• recessive gene

A chart used to show all the ways genes from two parents can combine and be passed to offspring is a

• Pie chart

• Line graph

• Bar graph

• Punnett Square

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

An organism that inherits two different alleles from its parents

• dominant

• recessive

• homozygous

• heterozygous

blue eyes, curly hair

• genotype

• phenotype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

TT, tt

• homozygous

• heterozygous

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Rr, Ff

• homozygous

• heterozygous

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NGSS.HS-LS4-3

An alternate form of a gene for a specific trait or gene product

• genotype

• allele

• gene

• phenotype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The observable characteristics or traits of an organism

• genotype

• phenotype

• dominant

• homozygous

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A term that describes the allele that determines the phenotype of an individual when two different copies are present in the genotype

• dominant

• recessive

• homozygous

• probability

An organism that inherits two of the same alleles from its parents

• dominant

• phenotype

• heterozygous

• homozygous