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Unit 4 Heredity and Punnett Squares

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  • Q1

    A chart or "family tree" that tracks which members of a family have a particular trait

    pedigree chart

    homozygous

    heterozygous

    punnett square

    120s
  • Q2

    the study of heredity

    genes

    alleles

    genetics

    heredity

    120s
  • Q3

    an organism that has two different alleles for a trait (hetero=different)

    phenotype

    heterozygous

    homozygous

    genotype

    120s
  • Q4

    passing of traits from parents to offspring

    genetics

    heredity

    chromosomes

    phenotype

    120s
  • Q5

    an organism that has two identical alleles for a trait (homo=same)

    heterozygous

    genotype

    homozygous

    phenotype

    120s
  • Q6

    a complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes

    gene

    genotype

    DNA (DeoxyriboNucleic Acid)

    chromosome

    120s
  • Q7

    genetic makeup, or alleles (the initials)

    phenotype

    DNA

    chromosomes

    genotype

    120s
  • Q8

    Austrian monk and botanist whose experiments with garden peas led to the science of genetics

    Gregor Mendel

    Galileo Galilei

    Charles Darwin

    Ron DeSantis

    120s
  • Q9

    physical appearance, or visible trait (how it looks)

    genotype

    homozygous

    phenotype

    heterozygous

    120s
  • Q10

    threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes

    pedigree chart

    chromosomes

    DNA

    alleles

    120s
  • Q11

    a chart that shows all the possible ways alleles can combine in a genetic cross

    pedigree chart

    genetics

    punnett square

    Gregor Mendel

    120s
  • Q12

    the different forms of a gene

    alleles

    genes

    genotype

    heredity

    120s
  • Q13

    the allele whose trait always shows up in an organism when the allele is present

    punnett square

    pedigree chart

    recessive allele

    dominant allele

    120s
  • Q14

    a segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait

    genes

    genetics

    alleles

    chromosomes

    120s
  • Q15

    the allele whose trait is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present

    recessive allele

    DNA

    dominant allele

    phenotype

    120s

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