What is Heredity?
Looking at Traits
Vocabulary
The Beginning
100

The passing of physical characteristics from parent to offspring 

What is Heredity

100

This is the type of allele that always shows up 

What is Dominant

100

The physical appearance of a trait (the visible piece)

What is a phenotype

100

Traits are controlled by alleles; they are passed from parent to....

What is offspring?

200

The scientific study of heredity

What is Genetics

200

This is the type of trait that, when a dominant allele is present, remains hidden

What is Recessive

200

The genetic makeup of an organism

What is a genotype

200

What does it mean if a trait has been hidden?

What is that the recessive trait is hidden by a dominant trait - it can appear in later generations

300

A specific characteristic; such as stem height or color of seed is called a

What is a Trait

300

This is a chart that shows all of the possible ways to combine alleles in a genetic cross

What is a Punnett Square

300

An organism that has two identical traits

(Ex: BB or bb)

What is homozygous 

300

What did the "Father of Genetics" look at to start studying genetics

What are pea plants and flowers

400

This describes a factor that controls the traits

What is a Gene

400

What is an example of an inherited trait?

What are body type / skin color, height, freckles, eye color, etc.

400

An organism that has two different alleles for a trait

(Ex: Bb)

What is heterozygous

400

He is known as the "Father of Genetics"

Who is Gregor Mendel?

500

The different forms of genes (ex: BB, Bb, bb)

What are Alleles

500

What is an example of an acquired trait?

What are dyed hair colors, pierced ears, etc.

500

This occurs when one allele is only partially dominant

(Ex: a red flower and a white flower make a pink flower)

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What is incomplete dominance

500

Two of the traits "Father of Genetics" studied

What are height of pea plants, color of pods,  color of seeds, etc