GENETICS

Genetics 1

100

How many dominant alleles are needed for a particular trait to show up?

1

200

What is another word for heterozygous?

hybrid

300

What did Gregor Mendel cross-pollinate in his genetics experiments?

Plants / pea plants

400

This is a number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur.

Probability

500

This is the passing of physical characteristics from parent to offspring.

Heredity

Genetics 2

100

What characteristics was Mendel studying when he crossed the pea plants?

-stem height -color (yellow pea pods and green pea pods)

200

What is another word for purebred?

homozygous

300

An organism with 2 different alleles for a trait is called a ______.

Hybrid/heterozygous

400

This type of organism has 2 dominant alleles for a trait.

Homozygous dominant

500

This was the scientist who first began studying heredity and genetics.

Gregor Mendel

Genetics 3

100

What is the law of independent assortment?

Alleles separate from each other during gamete formation.

200

This occurs when egg and sperm join to make offspring.

fertilization

300

This shows all of the possible outcomes of a genetic cross.

Punnett square

400

This type of organism has 2 recessive alleles for a trait

Homozygous recessive

500

Different forms of a gene.

alleles

Genetics 4

100

This is the study of heredity

genetics

200

This is an organism's genetic makeup.

Genotype

300

This type of organism has 2 different alleles for a trait

Heterozygous

400

What happens when a recessive allele is paired up with a dominant allele?

It is hidden / doesn't show up

500

Neither trait is dominant over the other and the two blend together.

Incomplete Dominance

Coach M Facts

100

What big event happened in my life in November

I got married

200

What is my husbands name

Conrad

300

What is my dogs name

Dixie

400

How many cats do I have

2

500

What town was I born in

Wichita Falls