Genetics
This is the study of heredity.
What is genetics?
This is used to show the chance of a trait being passed on.
What is a Punnett Square?
This trait is displayed as a lower case letter.
What is a recessive trait?
This happens when DNA is deleted, inserted.
What is a mutation?
This number represents the number of chromosomes humans have in total.
What is 46?
This is the term used for the variance of traits.
What is an allele?
This is the percentage each box in a Punnett Square is worth.
What is 25%?
This trait is shown as a capital letter.
What is a dominant trait?
This is where the DNA, genes & chromosomes are held in a cell.
What is the nucleus?
These are known as the basic building blocks of life.
What is a cell?
Chromosomes carry these that express specific traits.
What is DNA, genes & chromosomes.
These are displayed inside of the Punnett squares.
What is a genotype?
This term represents a genotype combination like this. AA
What is homozygous dominant?
These are the threadlike structures found inside of the nucleus and contain DNA.
What is a chromosome?
This type of reproduction gives variance or differences in offspring.
What is sexual reproduction?
Probability is expressed as this in genetics.
What is a percentage?
This parents genotype is used as one part of the Punnett Square.
What is the mother?
This term represents a genotype combination like this. aa
What is homozygous recessive?
These contain instructions for ONE specific trait.
What are genes?
This is the number of chromosomes we get from each parent.
He is known as the father of modern genetics.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
This parents genotype is used as one part of the Punnett Square.
What is the father?
These letters, Aa, represent this term.
What is heterozygous?
This contains the specific instructions that make all living organisms unique.
What is DNA?
This trait is a learned trait and is NOT passed down.
What is an acquired trait?