Question | Answer |
The passing of traits from parent to offspring. | heredity |
The different forms of a trait that make up a gene pair. | alleles |
The study of how traits are inherited through the interactions of alleles. | genetics |
The father of genetics. | mendel |
The factor that you can see. | dominant |
The factor that seems to disappear. | recessive |
Represented by a lower case letter. | recessive |
Represented by a capital letter. | dominant |
A tool used to predict results in Mendelian genetics. | punnett square |
The genetic make-up of an organism. | genotype |
The physical characteristic based on the genotype of the organism. | phenotype |
Two alleles are the same. | homozygous |
Two alleles are different. | heterozygous |
Offspring of two homozygous parents show an intermediate phenotype. (Pink flowers) | incomplete dominance |
A trait that is controlled by more than two alleles is said to be controlled by... | multiple alleles |
Blood type is an example of inheritance by this | multiple alleles |
Eye color is an example of a trait that is produced by a combination of many genes. | polygenic inheritance |
Cystic fibrosis is an example of this type of disorder. | recessive genetic |
A male sperm can carry an _____ or Y chromosome. | x |
Gender determination is based on the _________. | sperm |
Color blindness is an example of a ______ __________ disorder. | sex linked |
Molecule containing information that determines traits. | dna |
YOU are made of this type of cell. | eukaryotic |
The process in which a body cell makes an identical copy of itself. | mitosis |
The division of the parents cell's cytoplasm. The cell membrane pinches all the way, forming 2 complete cells. | cytokinesis |