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Apologia Biology
Module 8: Mendelian Genetics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| True breeding | If an organism has a certain characteristic that is always passed on to its offspring, we say that this organism bred true with respect to that characteristic |
| Allele | One of a pair of genes that occupies the same position on homologous chromosomes |
| Genotype | Two-letter set that represents the alleles an organism possesses for a certain trait |
| Phenotype | The observable expression of an organism's genes |
| Homozygous genotype | A genotype in which both alleles are identical |
| Heterozygous genotype | A genotype with two different alleles |
| Dominant allele | An allele that will determine phenotype if just one is present in the genotype |
| Recessive allele | An allele that will not determine the phenotype unless the genotype is homozygous in that allele |
| Pedigree | A diagram that follows a particular phenotype through several generations |