Genetics
Vocabulary
Practice Problems
Vocabulary
What am I?
100

When the dominant trait completely takes over and is expressed

Mendelian Genetics/Complete Dominance

100

the passing of traits from parent to offspring

Heredity

100

All children are short

tt x tt

100

The alleles of an individual

Genotype

100

The color of a red snapdragon crossed with a white snapdragon

Pink due to co-dominance

200

When the trait expressed is a blend of the 2 alleles

Incomplete Dominance

200

The physical traits expressed

Phenotype

200

75% of the children are tall and 25% of the children are short

Tt x Tt

Heterozygous parents

200

A version of a gene

Allele

200

If tongue rolling is dominant, RR =

Tongue roller

300

When dominate traits are both expressed equally

Co-dominace

300

An organism that has 2 different alleles

Heterozygous/hybrid

300

All children are tall and heterozygous

TT x tt

300
a segment of DNA that codes for a trait

gene

300

The genotype of a person whose mother is short, but they are tall. If tall is dominant to short.

Tt (heterozygous)

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