What term is given to an organism that carries two different alleles of a gene

What term is used to describe the alleles that a person carries for a gene

What term is used to describe the observable features that an organism has due to the alleles that it carries?

What word is used to describe the transmission of genetic information from generation to generation?

What word is used to describe a version of a gene?

What word is used to describe a thread-like structure of DNA that carries genes?

Which of the following is true of a dominant allele?

I. it is always expressed if it is present

II. two copies are needed to show its feature

III. it always causes a genetic disease

Which of the following is true of a recessive allele?

I. it is only expressed if the dominant allele is absent

II. two copies are needed to show its feature

III. it always causes a genetic disease

Cystic fibrosis is a lung disease caused by a recessive allele, c.

Two healthy parents produce a child with cystic fibrosis.

Which of the following statements must be true?

Albinism is a genetic condition caused by a recessive allele, a.

People with this condition are called albinos. They have white hair and pale skin.

What is the probability of two parents who are heterozygous for this condition producing an albino child?

Cystic fibrosis is a lung disease caused by a recessive allele, c.

Two healthy parents produce a child with cystic fibrosis.

The probability of this happening is 25%.

What is the probability of their second child being born with cystic fibrosis?

How many alleles for each gene are carried in all body cells?

Which answer contains the heterozygous genotype?

In cats, the allele for stripes (S) is dominant over the allele for no stripes (s). Two heterozygous cats are bred. If the female cat has a litter of 8, predict how many kittens will have no stripes.

Why does Scar have a scar but his brother Mufasa does not?

Which of the following are due to genetic variation?