WorksheetsHeterozygous & Homozygous
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
•specific form of gene located on a specific site of a chromosome.
•One is inherited from the mother and one from the father.
•Example: traits show dimples and rounded tongue
allele
gamete
•plural form of Nucleus, meaning more than one
•the main control center for the cell and acts kind of like the cell's brain.
nuclei
neutron
•genetic characteristics that you get from your parents.
•We get half of our genes from one parent, and half their genes from the other parent.
characteristics
inherited traits
• a specialized sex cell (egg) that fuses with another sex cell (sperm) during fertilization
allele
gamete
•is a chart which shows the inheritance of a trait over several generations.
family tree
pedigree
•a chart that shows all the possible combinations of genes from the parents.
•Example:
•G= green bean
G = yellow bean
punnett square
block chart
•is a state of having inherited the same forms of a particular gene from each one of your parents
homozygous
heterozygous
•is a state of having inherited different forms of a particular gene from each one of your parents
heterozygous
homozygous
