Patterns of Inheritance

Biology 1

100

This is a variation of a particular characeristic

What is a trait?

200

This is the study of heridity

What is Genetics?

300

One of the first scientists to investigate inheritance patterns

Gregory Mendel

400

What does Gregory Mendel's nickname

Father of Genetics

500

What did Mendel use in his inheritance experiments?

true-breeding pea plants

Biology 2

100

what is fertilization?

using sperm And joining it with the egg

200

What are mutations?

Genetic mistakes or mishaps at the cellular level

300

what is an example of monohybrid cross (Punnet square)?

Crosses between plants with one characteristic different

400

What is an allele?

different forms of genes

500

What is a homozygous individual?

Has two of the same allele

Biology 3

100

What is a heterozygous character?

Have different alleles for the character

200

What is the dominant trait?

Always appears

300

What is a recessive trait?

The trait that gets dominated by the dominant gene

400

What type of cellular division does crossing over occur?

Meiosis

500

What is the genetic makeup of an individual called?

genotype

Biology 4

100

What do you call an observable trait (example: eye color)

phenotype

200

What does DNA stand for?

Deoxyribonucleic acid

300

What does RNA stand for?

Ribonucleic acid

400

what are the three types of RNA?

mRNA, tRNA, ribosomalRNA

500

Can mutations be inherited? Yes or no and why?

Yes; crossing over during meiosis if the trait is selected for and turned on will be passed to offspring