Where an individual's chromosomes come from
Who are your parents?
The type of allele in whose trait always shows up in the organism if the allele is present
What is a dominant allele?
TT = tall, Tt = tall, tt = short. The dominant trait
What is tall?
An organism with two different alleles for a trait is called what?
What is heterozygous?
The study of heredity?
What is genetics?
The different forms of a gene
What are alleles?
The type of allele that can be masked, or covered up
What is a recessive allele?
An organism with two identical alleles
What is homozygous?
Abnormally shaped red blood cells
What is sickle cell disease?
Male chromosomes
What is XY?
The total number of chromosomes in a human cell.
What is 46?
The part of the cell containing the chromosomes
What is the nucleus?
Its genetic makeup, or allele combination
For example TT, Tt ,tt, BB, Bb, bb
What is an organism's genotype?
A degenerative neurological disorder
What is Huntington's disease?
When traits show a range of phenotypes such as skin color, hair color, height
What is polygenic inheritance?
Factors that control traits
What are genes?
A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross
What is a Punnett square?
Its physical appearance or traits
( For example a tall pea plant or a black guinea pig)
What is the phenotype?
A blood clotting disorder
What is hemophilia?

What is an autosomal recessive pedigree?
The organisms studied by Gregor Mendel
What are pea plants?
The chance a Aa X Aa cross produces aa offspring
What is 25%?
A cross with a BB (black guinea pig) and a bb (white guinea pig) will result in what probability of a white guinea pig?
What is 0%?
A gene that produces only blue eyes in humans
What is HERC2?
The genetic disorder which shows incomplete dominance
What is sickle cell trait?