Vocabulary
Heredity Info
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Punnett Squares
100

The scientific study of heredity

What is genetics?

100

The passing of traits from parents to offspring

What is heredity?

100

Curly hair is a dominant trait (C), straight hair is recessive (c). The phenotype for a hybrid Cc would be...  give an explanation.

What is curly?

100
What information is absolutely essential to a Punnett Square?
What is the parents genotype
100
What is a "tool used in genetics to predict the chances of a specific genetic outcome"
What is the Punnett Square
200

The entire set of genetic information for an organism. All of the genes in an organism

What is the genome?

200

An trait that is expressed in an organism’s phenotype, masking the effect of the recessive trait

What is dominant?

200
Why can the height of a person be considered inherited but environmentally influenced?
What is the height of a person is based on genetics but things like nutrition play a role in how tall the person actually gets
200
What is the scientific word used for "children" in a Punnett Square?
What is "offspring"
200
What does a cross that ends with a Phenotypic ratio of 100% Red mean? R = red r = white
What is that the Punnett Square would have a cross that ends with R in all the squares therefore showing the dominant trait in each cross being Red
300

 A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait"

What is a gene?

300

The different forms of a gene or another name for a gene

What is an allele?

300

A trait that is Homozygous is .....

What is pure dominant and pure recessive?

300
Acquired or Inherited? Leaf Shape
What is inherited
300
R is for Red and r is for white. What is the cross of a homozygous dominant and a heterozygous?
What is RR x Rr
400

Traits or characteristics that are determined by an organism’s DNA that was passed down from their parents

What is inherited traits?

400

Green flowers (G) are dominant, yellow flowers (g) are recessive. The possible genotypes for a plant with green flowers are...

What is GG or Gg?

400

 The difference between HH, Hh and hh.

What is HH: homozygous dominant

 Hh: heterozygous 

hh: homozygous recessive

400
Acquired or Inherited? Athletic ability
What is acquired
400
What is the phenotypic ratio of RR x Rr? (R is for red and r is for white)
What is 100% Red
500

An organism’s genetic make-up or allele combinations (RR Rr rr)

What is genotype?

500

An organism’s physical appearance or visible traits

What is phenotype?

500

The father of genetics

Who is Gregor Mendel?

500
Can you know a person's genotype if they are dominant in their phenotype?
What is no because they could be RR or Rr
500
What is the genotypic ratio of the cross of RR x rr?
What is 100% Rr
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