Genetic Vocab Review

Physical characteristic

• Trait
• Heredity
• Genetics
• Genotype

Study of Heredity

• Biology
• Geology
• Genetics
• Cellology

Passing of traits from parent to offspring

• dating
• holding hands
• heredity
• mitosis

different forms of a gene

• big or little
• simple and complex
• alleles
• co-dominant

describes an organism with two different alleles for a trait

• homozygous
• heterozygous
• genetics
• genes

One of a pair of genes that determines a specific trait.

• dominant
• recessive
• homozygous
• alleles

A sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and determines a trait.

• Sister Chromatid
• Homologous Chromosomes
• Genetics
• Gene

The genetic makeup of a trait. For example: Tt or TT (T = tall height)

• Genetics
• Genotype
• Chromosome
•  Eye color

The physical characteristic of a trait. For example: A tall pea plant

• Genotype
• RNA
• DNA
• Phenotype

A _________ shows what alleles an organism has, while a ___________ shows what traits are visible or expressed.

• Karyotype, linkage group
• Gene, Allele
• Phenotype, Genotype
• Genotype, Phenotype