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Nathan Brown
Blume Ch 5# 1-16
Question | Answer |
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An organism that has two different alleles for a trait is _____. | heterozygous |
What occurs when a group of gene pairs act together to produce a single trait. | polygenic inheritance |
An organism with two alleles that are exactly the same is ____. | homozygous |
Through _____ scientists are experimenting to change the arrangement of DNA in a gene. | genetic engineering |
A ____ shows patterns of genetic inheritance in a family. | pedigree |
In _____ there are more than two alleles possible for a trait. | multiple alleles |
______ is the way an organism looks and behaves as a result of its gene type. | phenotype |
The genetic makeup of an organism is called its _____. | genotype |
In ______, a normal allele is placed into a virus. | gene therapy |
In a Punnett square, a smaller letter (t) stands for a _______ allele. | recessive |
A ______ trait covers up other traits. | dominant |
__________ is made by inserting a useful segment of DNA from one organism into a bacterium. | recombinant DNA |
In _______ both alleles are expressed in offspring. | incomplete dominance |
The different forms a gene may have for a trait are called _____. | alleles |
______ is the passing of traits from one generation to another. | heredity |
The allele for hemophilia is on the X chromosome and is a ______ | sex-linked gene. |