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Genetics Vocab

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(a)   : the study of heredity, or the passing of characteristics from parents to offspring.

2.

(a)   : The sex cells found in an individual - egg or sperm.

3.

(a)   : The uniting of male and female gametes.

4.

(a)   (46) = Sperm Cell (23) + Egg Cell (23)

5.

(a)   : The passing of characteristics from parent to offspring.

6.

(a)   : A form of a gene, one comes from the mother, one from the father.

7.

(a)   Allele - always expressed

8.

(a)   Allele - rarely expressed

9.

(a)   : the members of each pair of alleles separate when gametes are formed. A gamete will receive one allele or the other.

10.

(a)   : The expression of the gene itself. (what we see)

11.

(a)   : The combination of alleles for a trait. (your actual DNA)

12.

(a)   : Two of the same allele for a trait.

13.

(a)   : Two different alleles for one trait.

14.

(a)   : A genetic family tree

15.

(a)   : inherited characteristics