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Chapter 5-Genetics
vocab for chap 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alleles | Different forms of a trait that a gene may have |
| Dominant | Allele that covers recessive allele |
| Genetic engineering | change the arrangement of DNA that makes up a gene |
| genetics | Study of how triats are inherited |
| genotype | genetic make-up of an organism |
| heredity | Passing of traits from parent to offspring |
| heterozygous | 2 alleles that are different |
| homozygous | 2 alleles that are the same |
| hybrid | Different alleles for a trait from each parent |
| incomplete dominance | 2 homozygous parents show intermediate phenotype |
| phenotype | physical make-up of an organism |
| polygenic inheritance | group of gene pairs act together to make a trait |
| Punnett square | A type of tool to predict genetic results |
| recessive | Trait covered by dominant allele |
| sex-linked gene | allele inherited on a sex chromosome |