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Genetics Vocabulary

Quiz by Robert Oliver

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  • Q1
    The passing of traits from parent to offspring

    DNA

    Translation

    Transcription

    Heredity
    30s
  • Q2
    A threadlike structure found in the nucleus that contains genetic information (DNA)

    RNA

    chromosome

    mitochondria

    histone

    30s
  • Q3
    deoxyribonucleic acid

    RNA

    DRN

    DBA

    DNA
    30s
  • Q4
    spiral ladder shape (the shape of DNA)

    histone

    alpha helix

    double helix

    mRNA

    30s
  • Q5
    A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait

    Amino Acid

    Gene

    Histone

    Protein

    30s
  • Q6
    Different forms of a gene (Examples for the hair color gene would be black, blonde, brown or red)

    histone

    genome

    genotype

    Allele
    30s
  • Q7
    An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations.

    Phenotype

    Genotype

    Chromosome

    Traits

    30s
  • Q8
    An organism's physical appearance, or physical expression of its genes.
    Phenotype

    Genotype

    Transcription

    Genome

    30s
  • Q9
    a trait that will be expressed regardless of the other allele that is present. It is represented with a capital letter.

    Recessive trait

    Inherited trait

    Dominant trait

    Codominant trait

    30s
  • Q10
    a trait that is expressed only when two of the same allele is inherited. It is not expressed if there is a dominant allele. It is represented with a lower case letter.

    Inherited trait

    Recessive trait

    Codominant trait

    Dominant trait

    30s
  • Q11
    An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait (two dominant or two recessive)
    homozygous

    parent

    heterozygous

    offspring

    30s
  • Q12
    An organism that has two different alleles for a trait

    parent

    homozygous

    heterozygous

    offspring

    30s
  • Q13
    the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA

    translation

    transcription

    protein synthesis

    heredity

    30s
  • Q14
    A building block of DNA, a sugar, a phosphate and a nitrogen base

    histone

    amino acid

    chromosome

    nucleotide
    30s
  • Q15
    building blocks of protein

    nucleotide

    mRNA

    histone

    amino acid
    30s

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