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bio lab quiz 8
genetics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Recombination | combining chromosomes from both sperm and egg (fertilization) |
| Dominance | when a hereditary trait dominates or prevents the expression of a recess trait |
| dominant gene | seen and masks the recessive allele. capital letter |
| recessive gene | trait masked by a dominant characteristic. lower case letter |
| homozygous | pure. both alleles are the same |
| heterozygous | hybrid. 2 different alleles for the same trait. |
| genotype | the genetic makeup of an individual |
| phenotype | the appearance of the offspring |
| Punnett square | tool used to help predict the outcome of genetics crossed |
| Codominance | 2 diff alleles are dominant and the heterozygote expresses both phenotype at the same time |
| incomplete dominance | blending. an allele is only partly dominant over another. in a heterozygote the dominant allele is only partially expressed and phenotype is between then 2 homozygous forms |