NEW
Font size
WorksheetsGenetics Keywords and Definitions
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 38mins
Two different Alleles is called what?
homozygous
recessive
dominant
heterozygous
A nucleic acid that determines the characteristics of most living things
DNA
RNA
Genotype
Phenotype
Building blocks of DNA and RNA (Sugar + phosphate + base)
nucleus
chromosomes
nucleotide
Dominant
What is the different forms of the same gene?
gene
phenotype
Allele
genotype
What are genes present on sex chromosomes?
sex-linked genes
mutations
Pheno
geno
What is a thread - like structure composed of DNA condensed around proteins?
DNA
allele
gene
Chromosomes
What is a characteristic expressed in both homozygous and heterozygous conditions?
recessive
Dominant
hybrid
none of the above
What is an observable characteristic of an organism?
dominate
genotype
phenotpye
recessive
What is the chromosomes in a cell, excluding the sex chromosomes?
Autosome
DNA
Gene
recessive
What is a section of DNA that codes for a particular polypeptide?
Allele
Gene
DNA
Autosome
What is two copies of the same allele example aa?
domainant
hybrid
homozygous
heterozygous
What is the process where DNA codes for production of RNA?
DNA
Dominant
recessive
transcription
What is an image of chromosomes in a cell- used to identify genetic disorders such as Down Syndrome
chromatid
recessive
Karyotype
sex chromosome
What chromosomes which determine gender?
chromatin
Chromosomes
translation
sex chromosomes
What is the process where RNA acts as a code for production pf a polypeptide (folds to make protein)
allele
gene
translation
dominant
Which characteristic is only expressed in the homozygous condition?
recessive
doominant
hybrd
heterozygous
What is uncoiled DNA, seen in nucleus when not dividing?
centromere
none of the above
gene
chromatin
What is the point where two chromatids join to form a chromosome?
recessive
dominant
centromere
gene
Arm of chromosome during cell division
sex-linked
crossing over
allele
chromatid
