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genetics SC
science class
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is a phenotype? | the way an organism looks |
| what is a genotype ? | genetic makeup or a combination of alleles in an organism. |
| what is homozygous? | an organism that has two of the same alleles for a trait AA |
| what is hetozygous? | an organism with 2 or more alleles for a trait Aa |
| what are genes | factor that controls a trait |
| what does dominate mean | when an allele always shows up in an organism even when an other allel is present . |
| what does hybrid mean | two different alleles for a trait . |
| what is a trait | is a characteristic such as a seed color |
| what is a purebred | always produces offspring that have the same trait. |
| what is heridity | the passing of traits form parent to offspring |
| what is genetics | the study of heredity |
| what is alleles | different forms of a gene |
| Recessive | |
| chromosomes | short thick coils of DNA. |
| DNA | |
| aquired traits | is an organism that develops after it is born |
| inherited traits | is like your hair color and hight and |