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Biology Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a trait | A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes |
| define Heredity | The passing of traits from parents to offspring |
| define Genetics | The scientific study of heredity |
| define Purebred | An organism that always produces offspring with the same form of a trait as the parent |
| define Hybrid | An organism that has two different alleles for a trait or an organism that is heterozygous for a particular trait |
| define P generation | Parent generation and are purebreds |
| define F1 Generation | offspring of the P generation and are hybrids |
| define F2 generation | Offspring of the F1 generation and are also hybrids |
| Define genes | A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait |
| Define allele | The different forms of a gene |
| Define recessive allele | An allele that is masked when a dominate allele is present |
| define dominate allele | an allele whose trait always show up in the organism when the allele is present |
| Define phenotype | what the genotype looks like |
| Define genotype | combination of symbols that represent the phenotype |
| A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes is called what? | Trait |
| The different forms of a gene is called what? | Allele |
| what the genotype looks like is called what? | phenotype |
| an allele whose trait always show up in the organism when the allele is present is called what? | Dominate allele |
| Offspring of the F1 generation and are also hybrids is called what? | F2 Generation |
| An allele that is masked when a dominate allele is present is called what? | Recessive allele |
| A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait is called what? | Genes |
| The passing of traits from parents to offspring is called what? | Heredity |
| Offspring of the P generation and are hybrids is called what? | F1 generation |
| An organism that has two different alleles for a trait or an organism that is heterozygous for a particular trait is called what? | Hybrid |
| An organism that always produces offspring with the same form of a trait as the parent is called what? | Purebred |
| Parent generation and are purebreds is called what? | P generation |
| The scientific study of heredity is called what? | Genetics |
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