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100

This is a characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.

What is a trait?

100
What word means "An allele that is expressed in an organism’s phenotype, masking the effect of the recessive allele"
What is dominant
100

Which of the following genotypes represent homozygous dominant?

Tt

tt

TT

What is TT?

100

What is the scientific word used for "children" pertaining to heredity?

What is "offspring"

100

T is for Tall and t is for short. How do you display a homozygous recessive?

What is tt?

200
What is the word that means "The scientific study of heredity"
What is genetics
200
What is the word that means "The passing of traits from parents to offspring"
What is heredity
200

What do scientists call an organism that has two different alleles for a trait?

What is heterozygous

200

What information is absolutely essential to a Punnett Square?

What is the parents genotype

200

R is for Red and r is for white. How do you display a homozygous dominant?

What is RR?

300

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

300
What word is defined as "The different forms of a gene."
What is allele
300

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?

300

Acquired or Inherited?

Brown Eyes

What is inherited

300

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

400
What is the word that means "Traits or characteristics that are determined by an organism’s DNA that was inherited from their parents"?
What is inherited traits
400

What is the word that means "A characteristic that an organism gets during its lifetime that is not determined by its DNA"

What is an acquired characterisitic

400

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?

400

Acquired or Inherited?

Athletic ability

What is acquired

400

Explain the difference between HH, Hh and hh.

What is HH: homozygous dominant Hh: heterozygous hh: homozygous recessive

500

What is "An organism’s genetic code or allele combinations."

What is genotype

500

What is the word for "An organism’s physical appearance or visible traits."?

What is phenotype

500

Who is called the "father of genetics"?

Who is Gregor Mendel

500

What is a "tool used in genetics to predict the chances of a specific genetic outcome"

What is the Punnett Square?

500

What would be a heterozygous genotype if height is represented by the letter (A)?

What is Aa?