What Is The Term?
The study of heredity.
Genetics
Dominant Trait
A dominant trait is an inherited characteristic that appears in the offspring
A Austrian Monk who studied the inherintance of traits in pea plants
A. Mendel
B. George
C. Abarham
A
Carried in a person's genes without appearing in that offspring
Recessive Trait
Traits
Quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person
A segment of DNA that carries hereditary instructions and is passed from parent to offspring
A. allele
B. traits
C. genes
C
Passing of traits
Heredity
Chromosomes
Protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes
A problem caused by one or more abnormalities in the genome
A. genetic cross
B. disease
C. genetic disease
C
A person (child or children)
Offspring
Genotype
The genetic constitution of an individual organism.
A diagram that is used to predict the genotypes of a particular cross or breeding experiment
A. scale
B. punnet square
C. graph
B
The set of observable characteristics result of genotype
Phenotype
Alleles
Multiple forms of the same gene
The degree of similarity of the alleles for a trait in an organism
A. homozygous
B. heterozygous
C. gentic variation
A