Understanding Inheritance

_____________ occurs when multiple genes determine the phenotype of a trait.

• Polygenic Inheritance

• Codominance

• Incomplete Dominance

• Required Dominance

A __________ is a model used to predict possible genotypes and phenotypes of offspring.

• Pedigree

• Punnett Square

• Codominance

• Genetic Make-up

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In __________, uppercase letters represent dominant alleles and lowercase letters represent recessive alleles.

• Cells

• Genotypes

• Genetics

• Symbols

________ is how a trait appears, or is expressed. The part we can see.

• Dominance

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Polygenic Inheritance

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Which of the following best describes inheritance?

• The acquisition of physical traits from the environment

• The process by which traits are passed from parents to their offspring

• The mutation of genes in an individual's lifetime

• The variation of species over millions of years

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What is the significance of Gregor Mendel's experiments with pea plants?

• They proved that mutations are harmful

• They showed how environmental factors influence traits

• They demonstrated the principles of inheritance

• They disproved the theory of evolution

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What role do chromosomes play in inheritance?

• They store and transmit genetic information

• They determine how an organism interacts with its environment

• They mutate to create new species

• They replicate to produce energy for the cell

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The scientific study of heredity.

• Genetics

• Heredity

• Probability

• Pedigree

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Match the label to the correct genotype.

a

b

c

Homozygous Recessive

Homozygous Dominant

Heterozygous or Hybrid

This type of inheritance pattern is a MIXTURE of both traits.

• incomplete dominance

• co-dominance

• complete dominance

• recessive pattern