Genetics

This is the passing of traits from parents to offspring.

• Hybrid
• Heredity
• Traits
• Recessive

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An allele that ALWAYS shows up in the organism when it is present.

• Purebred
• Hybrid
• Dominant
• Recessive

The scientific study of heredity.

• Mendel
• Genetics
• Traits 
• Recessive

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When a pea plant has two dominant alleles for tall stems, its alleles are written as _______ .

• Tt
• tT
• tt
• TT

A new organism begins to form when egg and sperm join in which process?

• Fertilization
• Heredity
• Alleles
• Genes

An allele that is masked or covered up by the presence of a dominant allele?

• Recessive Allele
• Dominant Allele
• Hybrid Allele
• Purebred Allele

An organism that has two different alleles for a trait.

• Purebred
• Hybrid
• Dominant
• Recessive

Different forms of genes:

• alleles
• phenotype
• genotype
• homologous chromosomes

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What is another way of saying "purebred"?

• homozygous
• dominant
• recessive
• heterozygous

Having two of the SAME alleles for a trait (example HH or hh):

• homozygous
• heterozygous
• recessive
• dominant