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Heredity test one
Mr C sophomores
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| visible characteristics of an organism (physical appearance) | phenotype |
| genes that mask other genes | dominant |
| genetic make-up of an organism (type of genes) | genotype |
| an organism that has genes which are alike for a particular trait | purebred |
| when the genes in a gene pair appear to blend together, the genes are said to show | incomplete dominance |
| in the cross Bb x Bb what percent of the offspring will be heterozygous | 50% |
| when two homozygous dominant individuals are crossed, all of the offspring will be | homzygous dominant |
| if a particular gene masks another they demonstrate | dominance |
| Gregor Mendel used what type of plant to study inheritance | peas |
| the type of allele that is masked by another is said to be... | recessive |
| the law that states that each gene pair of a trait is inherited separately from all other gene pairs is called | the law of independent assortment |