What is a word that means a characteristic of an organism?
100
The fertilized egg is called the
What is Zygote
100
How many chromosomes are there in the human body?
What is 46
100
If homozygous blue flowers are crossed with homozygous red flowers and the offspring are all purple, the genes that determine flower coloring are showing
What is incomplete dominance
100
In mice, the following alleles are used for fur color, B,G,R, and A. Hair color in mice is determined by:
What is multiple alleles?
200
The passing of traits or characteristics from one generation to the next
What is heredity?
200
sperm and egg cells are formed by
What is meiosis
200
DNA is often called the code of life. All information needed to make and control every part of an organism is found in DNA
What is DNA
200
The likelihood that an event may or may not take place is known as
What is probability
200
The alleles for blood type are
What is A, B O
300
The units that pass the information
What is a gene?
300
As a result of mitosis, the chromosome number in the new cells
What is REMAINS THE SAME
300
If genes for purple flowers overpower genes for white flowers, the purple genes are
What is dominant
300
List the genotypes of Blood
What is AA, AO, BB, BO, AB and OO
400
The visible characteristics of an organism
What is phenotype?
400
seeds are produced in the
What is ovary
400
We always receive __________ genes for any trait
What is two
400
The code for the trait represented with two alleles
What is genotype
400
List the phenotypes of blood
What is type A, type B, type AB and type O
500
When the genes are the same
What is homozygous?
500
When the pollen from one flower is transferred to another flower on a different plant this is
What is cross pollination
500
What does IPMAT stand for? What happens to the chromosomes at each step?
What is Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase and Telophase
500
A recessive gene is represented by
What is lowercase
500
In dogs, the most common phenotype is spotted. Black and white dogs are seen about half as much. What type of inheritance is at work?