The scientific study of heredity is also called this
What is genetics
100
Purebred means the same as this
What is homozygous
100
Organisms that have two different alleles for a trait are called
What is hybrid or heterozygous
200
These are factors that control traits
What are genes
200
These are different forms of a gene
What are Alleles
200
A trait that will ALWAYS show up in an organism as long as it it present
What is a dominant allele
200
A trait that is masked by a dominant allele
What is a recessive allele
200
This is a chart that shows and arranges chromosomes in order from largest to smallest
What is a Karyotype
300
This refers to an organisms genetic make up
What is a genotype
300
This refers to an organism's Physical Characteristics
What is a Phenotype
300
This is a chart used to find all possible allele combinations in a cross.
What is a Punnett Square
300
This is having two DIFFERENT alleles for a trait
What is heterozygous
300
This is having two IDENTICAL alleles for a trait
What is homozygous
400
This is when an allele is neither dominant or recessive
What is co dominance
400
Referred to as the "genetic blueprint" or code for an organism
What is DNA?
400
This type of reproduction only involves one parent.
What is asexual reproduction?
400
This is a type of asexual reproduction done by bactera.
What is Binary Fission?
400
This is a permanent change in an organisms DNA
What is a mutation?
500
Cross a homozygous tall pea plant with a heterozygous tall pea plant and explain the phenotype ratio.
What is 100% tall?
500
This is another name for Down syndrome.
What is trisomy 21?
500
When a child expresses a trait that neither of the parents express.
What is a recessive trait?
500
This has to do with cells that do not have a specific function, and can therefore become any type of cell. Research in this area is very controversial.
What are stem cells?
500
An example of this would be creating "super rice" or transferring genes from one organism to another.