This is a characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.
What is a trait?
Which of the following genotypes represent homozygous dominant?
Tt
tt
TT
What is TT?
What is the scientific word used for "children" pertaining to heredity?
What is "offspring"
T is for Tall and t is for short. How do you display a homozygous recessive?
What is tt?
What do scientists call an organism that has two different alleles for a trait?
What is heterozygous
What information is absolutely essential to a Punnett Square?
What is the parents genotype
R is for Red and r is for white. How do you display a homozygous dominant?
What is RR?
What word means "The set of information that controls a trait; it is a segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait"
What is a gene
If a puppy received a dominant gene for curly fur from one parent, and a recessive gene for straight fur from the other, which trait will the puppy display?
What is curly fur?
Acquired or Inherited?
Brown Eyes
What is inherited
Can you know a person's genotype specifically if they are dominant in their phenotype?
What is no because they could be RR or Rr
A model that allows the passage of traits to be shown visually as they pass through generations of parents and offspring.
Basically, it is a family tree that displays a trait.
What is a Pedigree?
Acquired or Inherited?
Athletic ability
What is acquired
Explain the difference between HH, Hh and hh.
What is HH: homozygous dominant Hh: heterozygous hh: homozygous recessive
What is "An organism’s genetic code or allele combinations."
What is genotype
Who is called the "father of genetics"?
Who is Gregor Mendel
What is a "tool used in genetics to predict the chances of a specific genetic outcome"
What is the Punnett Square?
Explain the difference between HH, Hh and hh.
What is HH: homozygous dominant Hh: heterozygous hh: homozygous recessive