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Genetics Games
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are genes? | Genes are pieces of genetic information that code for specific traits. |
| What are alleles? | Alleles are different forms of genes. |
| What does the term "dominant" mean in genetics? | The term "dominant" refers to an allele that will hide the weaker allele (ex. B, compared to b). |
| What does the term "recessive" mean in genetics? | The term "recessive" refers to an allele that is masked or hidden by the presence of a dominant allele (ex. b, compared to B). |
| What are phenotypes? | Phenotypes are organisms' physical appearances. |
| What are genotypes? | Genotypes are the combinations of any two alleles (ex. BB, Bb, bb). |
| What is a Homozygous Recessive genotype? | A Homozygous Recessive genotype is a genotype that contains two of the same recessive alleles (ex. bb). |
| What is a Homozygous Dominant genotype? | A Homozygous Dominant genotype is a genotype that contians two of the same dominant alleles (ex. BB). |
| What is a Heterozygous genotype? | A Heterozygous genotype is a genotype that contains both a dominant and a recessive allele (ex. Bb). |
| What are alleles represented by? | Alleles are represented by single letters (ex. B, a, C, etc.). |
| What is an example of a phenotype? | An example of a phenotype is the word "tall" (ex. 5 feet "tall"). |
| What is an example of a genotype? | An example of a genotype is eye color (ex. the term "eye color" is a trait). |