Heredity and Genetics
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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homozygous | having two like genes for the same trait;
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heterozygous | having two unlike genes for the same trait;
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dominant gene | gene whose trait always shows itself;
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recessive gene | gene of a trait that is hidden when the dominant gene is present;
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Punnett Square | chart that shows possible gene combinations;
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gender | sex of a person or other organism;
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sex-linked traits | traits that are controlled by the sex chromosomes;
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carrier | an organism that has a recessive gene for a trait but does not show the trait;
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pedigree | chart that shows inheritance of certain traits over several generations;
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inherited disease | disease caused by an inherited gene;
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probability | the chance of an event occurring;
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genotype | the gene combination for a given trait in an organism;
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phenotype | the appearance of a trait in an organism;
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