Heredity

Genetic Makeup

100

Example of a homozygous dominant genotype

AA, BB, DD, RR, etc. 

200

Example of a heterozygous genotype

Aa, Bb, Dd, Rr, etc.

300

Example of a homozygous recessive genotype

aa, bb, dd, rr, etc.

400

Allele that is masked when a dominant allele is present

Recessive

500

Allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present

Dominant

Vocabulary

100

Reproductive process that involves one parent and produces offspring identical to the parent

Asexual Reproduction

200

A characteristic that is passed from parent to offspring

Inherited Trait

300

A chart that shows the likelihoods of all possible genotypes and phenotypes for a certain trait or traits resulting from a cross between two parents with known genotypes

Punnett Square

400

The occurrence of an organism, trait, or gene in more than one form

Variation

500

A single highly organized and structured piece of DNA

Chromosome

All about DNA

100

Physical traits that appear in an individual as a result of its genotype

Phenotype

200

Occurs when the DNA code of a cell is randomly changed

Mutation

300

Trait that help an organism survive and reproduce

Adaptation

400

Section on a chromosome that has genetic information for one trait

Gene

500

This is one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that are found at the same place on a chromosome

Allele

Misc.

100

Genetics are the study of this

Heredity

200

These traits disappeared in the first generation of Mendel's hybrids

Recessive

300

In a Punnett Square, each box represents this percentage of an outcome

25%

400

AA is an example of this type of genotype

Homozygous dominant

500

Aa is an example of this type of genotype

Heterozygous