Mendel with a P
Geno/Pheno
Miscellany
100
Gregor Mendel did this to pea plants to study different characteristics
What is CROSS-POLINATION
100
An organism's physical appearance is called this.
What is a phenotype?
100
Any change in a gene or chromosome is called this.
What is a mutation?
200
Mendel used T to show the dominant allele for height, meaning tall. He used this letter to show the recessive allele.
What is t
200
This is the term that refers to the physical characteristics that are studied in genetics.
What is a trait?
200

The passing of traits on to offspring is called this

What is heredity?

300
The notation TT or AA to a geneticist means there are this many dominant alleles in a genotype.
What is 2 (two)
300
An organism's genetic type is called this.
What is a genotype?
300
An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait is called this.
What is homozygous
400

This is the probability of producing a tall pea plant from a genetic cross between two hybrid tall pea plants

What is 75% (or three in four; 1 dominant and 2 heterozygous)

400
Two different forms of a gene are called this.
What are alleles?
400
If this type of allele is present, its trait will appear in the organism.
What is dominant?
500
Gregor Mendel, in addition to studying pea plants, was this religious leader.
What is a priest?
500
An organism with two different alleles is called this.
What is a hybrid?
500
Genes are carried from the parent to the offspring on structures called this.
What are chromosomes?
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