Probabilty
What is a trait?
A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes
What is determination?
Specific development fate of a cell that becomes fixed.
The allele that gets expressed is called the ___ allele.
Answer: Dominate
What is heredity?
The passing of traits from parents to offspring.
What is differentiation?
The process by which the cell receives its final function and form.
The allele that does NOT get expressed is called the ___ allele.
Answer: Recessive
What is the scientific study of heredity?
Answer: Genetics
Genes the ARE/AREN'T to initiate a compete development of tissue or organ type
ARE: Binary switch genes
What term describes having 2 different alleles for a gene/trait?
Answer: Heterozygous
What is a purebred?
An organism that always produces offspring with the same form of a trait as the parent.
What is segmentation?
Defines segments and regulate the homeotics genes.
The physical appearance of a trait is called the ______.
Answer: Phenotype
A gene is of ___ on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait
Answer: DNA
What is specification?
When genetics and positional cues confer a spatially discrete identity on cells.
What term describes having the same alleles for a gene/trait?
Answer: homozygous