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Genetics and Heredity Review Game

Quiz by Vidyaprajna Mastriyana

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  • Q1
    determined by genetic factors and passed on from parents to their offspring
    Heredity
    30s
  • Q2
    a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes
    Chromosomes
    30s
  • Q3
    a person's child or children
    Offspring
    30s
  • Q4
    Genetic constitution of an organism
    Genotype
    30s
  • Q5
    A variant form of a gene
    Alleles
    30s
  • Q6
    Considered to be the founder of modern genetics; established many of the rules of heredity
    Gregor Mendel
    30s
  • Q7
    The principle stating that during production of gametes, the two copies of each hereditary factors segregate so that offspring acquire one factor from each parent.
    Law of Segregation
    30s
  • Q8
    When an individual has 2 of the same allele whether it's dominant or recessive
    Homozygous
    30s
  • Q9
    A unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.
    Genes
    30s
  • Q10
    A gene that is inherited but not expressed
    Recessive
    30s
  • Q11
    The set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.
    Phenotype
    30s
  • Q12
    A form of dominance in which the alleles of a gene pair in a heterozygote are fully expressed thereby resulting in offspring with a phenotype that is neither dominant nor recessive.
    Codominant
    30s
  • Q13
    When an individual has 2 different alleles-- one dominant, one recessive.
    Heterozygous
    30s
  • Q14
    2 or more alleles can code for a gene
    Multiple Alleles
    30s
  • Q15
    Someone who has two identical alleles for one gene trait
    Homozygous
    30s

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