What is the genetic contribution to a trait, represented by a combination of letters such as TT, Tt, or tt?

Which term refers to the set of observable characteristics (traits) of an individual that are expressed?

What are different forms of the same gene that result in a different version of a trait called?

Which tool is used to trace and describe the inheritance of alleles from generation to generation?

What is the term for the complete set of genetic information inherited from parents?

What does a diploid organism pass to its offspring for a trait, ensuring the offspring receives one allele from each parent?

What is a small segment of DNA that codes for a specific trait called?

Which type of allele masks other alleles and is represented by a capital letter such as (T)?

Which type of allele is masked by other alleles and is represented by a lowercase letter such as (t)?

What happens in an organism with at least one dominant allele?

What is the term for inheritance from a single gene involving dominant and recessive alleles?

What is it called when both copies of a given gene have the same allele, such as DD or dd?

What is the term for an individual who has two different alleles of a given gene, such as Dd?

What is another term used to describe a homozygous genotype for an individual?

What is another term used to describe a heterozygous genotype for an individual?

Which tool is used to help predict the genotype and phenotype combinations in genetic crosses?

What is the term for a mating between two organisms with different alleles for a gene?

What do you call the first set of parents crossed (parental) in a generation?

What is the name for all the offspring from the parents in a genetic cross?

What is the name for the offspring from the F1 individuals that interbreed?

What is the term for an experimental cross of an individual organism of dominant phenotype but unknown genotype and an organism with a homozygous recessive genotype?

What is a mating between two organisms with different alleles for two genes of interest called?

When two or more traits are inherited separately from each other and don’t always occur together, what is this called?

Traits that have more complicated modes of inheritance and don’t follow one or more of Mendel’s laws are known as what?

What is it called when two alleles may be simultaneously expressed when both are present, rather than one fully determining the phenotype?

What is the term for when one allele for a specific trait is not completely expressed over the other allele, resulting in a third phenotype that is a combination of both alleles?

A gene that is controlled by more than two alleles is called what? Examples include blood type and fur color.

What is it called when a single trait is controlled by two or more different genes? Examples include skin and eye color.

Which of the following is an example of a gene that affects many different characteristics, not just a single characteristic?

Traits associated with genes found on sex chromosomes are known as:

Sickle cell disease is an example of a gene that affects multiple characteristics. Which of the following best describes this type of genetic effect?

If a trait is associated with genes found on sex chromosomes, what is a possible consequence for inheritance patterns?

What is crossing over in genetics?

What is the process in which the number of chromosomes per cell is cut in half through the separation of homologous chromosomes in a diploid cell

What is a chromosome?

What occurs when genes are located close to each other on the same chromosome, causing them to be inherited together more frequently than if they were on different chromosomes?

What is a haploid cell?

What is a diploid cell?