Genitics Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
offspring of crosses between parents with different traits | Hybrid |
one of a number of different forms of a gene | Allele |
separation of alleles during gamete formation | Segregation |
term used to refer to an organism that has two identical alleles for a particular trait | Homozygous |
term used to refer to an organism that has two different alleles for the same trait | Heterozygous |
physical characteristics of an organism | Phenotype |
genetic makeup of an organism | Genotype |
situation in which one allele is not completely dominant over another | Incomplete Dominance |
situation in which both alleles of a gene contribute to the phenotype of the organism | Codominance |
three or more alleles of the same gene | Multiple alleles |
group of gene pairs acts together to produce a trait | Polygenic traits |
trait that is a mass(lower case letters) | Recessive |
trait will show up(upper case letters) | Dominate |
scientific study of heredity | Genetics |
passing of traits from the parents to the offspring | Heredity |
predicts or show probability of the offspring | Punnett Square |
carried on the female y chromosome | Sex-linked Genes |
a permanent change in the gene or chromosome | Mutation |
A chart of an individual's ancestors used in human genetics to analyze Mendelian inheritance of certain traits, especially of familial diseases. | Pedigree |
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