Ch. 5 Genetics Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Heredity | the passing of traits/physical characteristics from parent to offspring |
| Trait | a characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes |
| Genetics | the scientific study of heredity |
| Gregor Mendel | the father of genetics |
| Purebred | the offspring of many generations that have the same traits. They have the same alleles (ex: aa,tt,TT,AA) |
| Homozygous | having the same alleles for a trait (ex: aa,AA,tt,TT) |
| Gene | the set of information that controls a trait/a segement of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait |
| Alleles | the different forms of a gene |
| Dominant allele | one whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present. Dominant alleles are represented by capital letters. |
| Recessive allele | is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present. Recessice alleles are written with lower case letters |
| Hybrid | an organism that has two different alleles for a trait (ex:Tt,Bb,Rr) |
| Write heterozygous tall using letters | Tt |
| Put the following in "Mendel Speak" MM | MM = homozygous dominant |
| List the possible alleles for eye color | blue, brown, green |
| Genotype | the actual genes a person has for a trait(found inside).You cannot see a person's genotype. They are written with letters |
| Phenotype | the outward appearance of an organism (visible traits). Phenotypes are written with words |
| Cross a heterozygous brown rat with a white. What is the probability of having white offspring? | 1/2 or 50% |
| Write heterozygous brown X blue in letters | Bb x bb |
| Probability | the likihood that a particular event will occur |
| Put the following in "Mendel Speak" tt | tt= homozygous recessive |
| Write the following in "Mendel Speak" Tt | Tt= heterozygous |
| Punnett square | a chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross |
| Codominace | the alleles are neither dominant nor recesive. As a result, both alleles are expressed in the offspring |
| Which of the following is homozygous dominant? Aa,BB,bb,Tr | BB |
| Which of the following is heterozygous? BB,bb,Bb, Tr | Bb |
| Which of the following is homozygous recessive?BB,bb,Bb,Tr | bb |
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