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TRMS 7 SC Genetics
Genetics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What do you call the physical characteristics that are studied in genetics called? | Traits |
| Factors that control traits are known as _________. | Genes |
| What do you call the different forms of genes? | Alleles |
| What do you call the physical appearance or expression of a genetic trait? | Phenotype |
| If you are talking about and organism's genetic makeup what word would you use? | Genotype |
| If you call something a hybrid what alleles does it have? | It has one dominant and one recessive allele. |
| What do you call the structures that carry genes? | Chromosomes |
| What is a Punnett square? | It is a tool used to predict the results of a genetic cross. |
| What does heterozygous mean? | It means that you have two different alleles for a trait. |
| What does homozygous mean? | It means that you have two identical alleles for a trait. |
| The likelihood that a future event will occur is called _______. | Probability |
| An allele that is covered up when a dominant allele is present is called _______? | Recessive allele |
| The scientific study of heredity is called _______? | Genetics |
| The passing of traits from parents to offspring is called _____? | Heredity |
| Having 2 identical alleles, the same as Homozygous. | Purebred |
| Having 2 different alleles, one dominant and one recessive. | Hybrid |
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