Vocab 1
What is the word that means The scientific study of heredity
Genetics
What is the word that means The passing of traits from parents to offspring?
What information is essential to a Punnett Square?
The Parents Genotype
What is a "tool used in genetics to predict the chances of a specific genetic outcome"
A Punnet Square
What does a square represent
A male
What word means The entire set of genetic information for an organism. All of the genes in an organism
Genome
What word mean An allele that is expressed in an organism’s phenotype, masking the effect of the recessive allele.
Dominant
What is the scientific word used for "children" in a Punnett Square?
Offspring
can a punnet square be more than a 2x2
yes it can be more than a 2x2
How many generations can a pedtagree chart have
As many as you want
What word means The set of information that controls a trait a segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait
Gene
What word is defined as The different forms of a gene?
Allele
Acquired or Inherited? Leaf Shape
Innerited
what are the odds that you get a heterozygous from Rr RR?
50%
What does the shaded shape represent
a effected human
What is the word that means Traits or characteristics that are determined by an organism’s DNA that was inherited from their parents?
Inherited Traits
What is the word that means A characteristic that an organism gets during its lifetime that is not determined by its DNA.
An Acquired Characterisitic
Acquired or Inherited Blood type
Inherited
If two kids have the genotypes TT tt what are the parent's genotypes?
Their genotypes would be Tt and Tt
What does a half-shaded circle represent
A carrier female
What is An organism’s genetic makeup or allele combinations?
Genotype
What is An organism’s physical appearance or visible traits?
Phenotype
Are athletic abilities passed on through genetics
yes
what are the odds that you get a heterozygous from Rr RR?
How do you spell Pedtagree
Pedigree