coined the term "mutation"

coined the terms "genetics, allele, homozygous and heterozygous"

provided the first definitive evidence for the chromosome theory of inheritance

developed the hypothesis of transposable elements in corn

made the first DNA in a test tube; his work led to creating recombinant DNA and genetic engineering

published a paper describing the polymerase chain reaction

studies the basic principles of genetics

studies the chemical nature of the gene itself

study of genetic composition of populations; study of forces that result in evolutionary changes in species through time

study of genetic and environmental influence on behavior

the study, counselling, and the treatment of patients, including their relatives, with hereditary disorders

Known as the "Father of Genetics". He discovered the principles of heredity.

a tool used to predict the possibility of offspring

the study of heredity

refers to an organism that has two different alleles for a trait; another term for hybrid (Ex: Tt)

Scientific study of heredity

The scientific study of heredity.

A mutation is

Who was considered to be the father of Genetics?

refers to the genetic makeup of an organism or the combination of genes for a particular trait

The passing of traits from parent to offspring

Another name for homozygous

Another name for heterozygous

the form of a trait that masks another trait

the form of a trait that is masked by another

refers to an organism that has two of the same alleles for a trait; another term for purebred (Ex: TT or tt)

refers to how an organism will look based on its genes

Instructions for an inherited trait

Their job is to determine traits

Specific colors or features (ex: BLUE eyes)

Small sections of DNA that control the traits of an organism

Which of the following is a fundamental principle of Mendelian genetics?

In a dihybrid cross, what is the expected phenotypic ratio of the offspring?

What is the purpose of a test cross in genetics?

Which of the following best describes a phenotype?

The study of heredity

the form of a trait that masks another trait

refers to an organism that has two of the same alleles for a trait; another term for purebred (Ex: TT or tt)

refers to an organism that has two different alleles for a trait; another term for hybrid (Ex: Tt)

refers to how an organism will look based on its genes

refers to the genetic makeup of an organism or the combination of genes for a particular trait

What is the genotype of a heterozygous Black mouse if Black is dominant

What is the genotype of a white mouse if white is recessive to Black?

Different forms of a gene are called

How many alleles does a person carry for a trait?

How many alleles does a child get from each parent for a trait?

Which gender has an X and a Y chromosome?

What means you learned it, so it's an acquired trait?

The passing on of genetic traits from parents to children or offspring.

1.      Which of the following is an inherited behavior?

Gina has a plant in a pot in her bedroom. The plant has pink flower petals and long green leaves. Gina waters the plant every day and makes sure that it gets plenty of sunlight.

            An inherited characteristic of Gina's plant is

Which of the following characteristics would a dog have to learn because it could not be inherited from the dog's parents?

The language you speak, how you wear your hair and what music you like to listen to are all examples of

In a Punnett square, the letters within the little boxes represent

Given the characteristic for the hairline shape: Male parent has WW ( widows peak); Female parent - ww ( straight hairline ) What could be the result of the cross match?

Alternative forms of genes for a particular characteristic are called

A red four o’clock flower is crossed with a white four o’clock flower, and all the offspring are pink. What law of inheritance does this follow?

The appearance of resulting from a given gene combination is referred to as the

He was an Austrian monk whose experiments come ip with the principles and law of genetics

A homozygous white horse is crossed with homozygous red horse and resulted to an offspring with roan phenotype. Which of the following pattern of inheritance is exhibited?

Which cross could produce a child with blood type A?

A victim of a vehicular accident require blood transfusion. Blood typing state that the blood type of the victim is AB. For lack of type AB, the doctors had to decide to transfuse other acceptable types. Which would it be?

Which of the following blood types is known as the UNIVERSAL DONOR?

If a man is color blind and his wife is a carrier, which of the following is TRUE?

Disorders involving unusual numbers of sex chromosomes shows that “MALENESS” is caused by the

Baldness is an example of a/an

How many chromosomes does human have?

The diagram represents a portion of a nucleic acid molecule.

The X in the diagram could be a(n) _____

Who discovered the double helix, the twisted-ladder structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)?

In the bonding of nitrogenous bases

In one side of a DNA molecule contains the following sequence of nucleotides, AGTCCG, the complementary sequence on the other side would be

The DNA molecule could be compared to

The sex chromosomes of a human female are ______ and sex chromosomes of human male are ______

traits that are expressed exclusively in one sex is called