Question | Answer |
What is a trait | A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes |
define Heredity | The passing of traits from parents to offspring |
define Genetics | The scientific study of heredity |
define Purebred | An organism that always produces offspring with the same form of a trait as the parent |
define Hybrid | An organism that has two different alleles for a trait or an organism that is heterozygous for a particular trait |
define P generation | Parent generation and are purebreds |
define F1 Generation | offspring of the P generation and are hybrids |
define F2 generation | Offspring of the F1 generation and are also hybrids |
Define genes | A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait |
Define allele | The different forms of a gene |
Define recessive allele | An allele that is masked when a dominate allele is present |
define dominate allele | an allele whose trait always show up in the organism when the allele is present |
Define phenotype | what the genotype looks like |
Define genotype | combination of symbols that represent the phenotype |
A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes is called what? | Trait |
The different forms of a gene is called what? | Allele |
what the genotype looks like is called what? | phenotype |
an allele whose trait always show up in the organism when the allele is present is called what? | Dominate allele |
Offspring of the F1 generation and are also hybrids is called what? | F2 Generation |
An allele that is masked when a dominate allele is present is called what? | Recessive allele |
A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait is called what? | Genes |
The passing of traits from parents to offspring is called what? | Heredity |
Offspring of the P generation and are hybrids is called what? | F1 generation |
An organism that has two different alleles for a trait or an organism that is heterozygous for a particular trait is called what? | Hybrid |
An organism that always produces offspring with the same form of a trait as the parent is called what? | Purebred |
Parent generation and are purebreds is called what? | P generation |
The scientific study of heredity is called what? | Genetics |