GENETICS

Genetics 1

100

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

1

200

What alleles will be displayed for heterozygous?

Hh,Bb,Aa

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 makes up a nucleotide?

deoxyribose sugar, nitrogen bases, phosphate

200

Where is the genetic information located at in the cell?

Nucleus

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 are sections of DNA called?

Genes are section of DNA

200

What is the comparison of dominant to recessive called?

What is Ratio?

300

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

Punnett square

400

An individual's gene, two alleles inherited for a particular gene.

What is genotype?

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

An individuals observable traits like hair color, eye color, blood type

What is phenotype?

500

What are the four nitrogen bases?

A T C G (Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine)

Genetics 5

100

TT and tt are both examples of a ___________ trait.

purebred/homozygous

200

This is an organism's physical appearance.

Phenotype

300

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

It is hidden / doesn't show up

400

This type of organism has 2 recessive alleles for a trait

Homozygous recessive

500

What are the parings of the nitrogen bases?

A - T

G - C