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WorksheetsInheritance of Traits Vocabulary
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
The scientific study of heredity
Genetics
Hybrid
Variation
Biology
An organism that always produces offspring with the same form of a trait as the parent
Hybrid
Cross breed
Purebed
a segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait
allele
trait
DNA
Gene
The different forms of a gene
Alleles
Variation
Traits
an allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present
dominant allele
recessive allele
An allele represented as a CAPITAL letter is a .....
dominant allele
recessive allele
R= brown eyes, r= blue eyes, which is the dominant allele?
R
r
An allele that is MASKED when a dominant allele is present
dominant allele
recessive allele
An allele represented as a LOWER CASE letter is a .....
dominant allele
recessive allele
R= brown eyes, r= blue eyes, which is the recessive allele?
R
r
An organism that has TWO different alleles for a trait; an organism that is heterozygous for a particular trait
Hybrid
Purebred
Codominant
The likelihood that a particular event will occur
Probability
Heredity
Chance
This is an example of a ....
genetic chart
punnett chart
genetic square
punnett square
An organism’s physical appearance, or visible traits
Phenotype
Genotype
An organism’s genetic makeup, or allele combinations
Phenotype
Genotype
Having two identical alleles for a trait
Homozygous
Heterozygous
Having two different alleles for a trait
Homozygous
Heterozygous
male sex cell
sperm
egg
female sex cell
sperm
egg
