Words that start with Gen-
One set of instructions for an inherited trait...
What is a gene?
The "father of modern genetics"...
What is Gregor Mendel?
The product of the reproductive processes of an animal or plant...
What is offspring?
The study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics...
What is genetics?
The passing of genetic traits to offspring...
What is heredity?
One of the structures in the nucleus that are made up of DNA and protein...
What is a chromosome?
The deliberate breeding of two different individuals that results in offspring that carry part of the genetic material of each parent...
What is a genetic cross?
Different forms of characteristics...
What are traits?
The physical appearance of an organism as a result of the interaction of its genotype and the environment...
What is phenotype?
The entire genetic makeup of an organism...
What is genotype?
The trait observed in the first generation when parents that have different traits are bred...
What is a dominant trait?
When an individual has two of the same allele, whether dominant or recessive...
What is homozygous?
A term used to describe the variation in the DNA sequence in each of our genomes (genetic material of an organism)...
What is genetic variation?
A diagram that is used to predict the genotypes of a particular cross or breeding experiment...
What is a Punnett Square?
What is heterozygous?