Chapter 5

Question 0

Dominant Trait

Answer 0

Trait observed when parents that have different traits are bred.

Question 1

Heredity

Answer 1

Passing of genetic traits to offspring.

Question 2

Recessive Trait

Answer 2

A trait that reappears when parents with different traits are bred.

Question 3

Genes

Answer 3

Set of instructions for an inherited trait.

Question 4

Alleles

Answer 4

Alternative forms of genes that governs characteristic.

Question 5

Phenotype

Answer 5

Organisms appearance or other detectable characteristic.

Question 6

Genotype

Answer 6

Combination of genes for one or more specific trait.

Question 7

Probability

Answer 7

The likelihood that possible future event will occur in any given instance.

Question 8

Homologous Chromosomes

Answer 8

Same sequence of genes.

Question 9

Meiosis

Answer 9

Chromosomes decrease to half original number and sex cells are produced.

Question 10

Sex Chromosomes

Answer 10

One pair of chromosomes that determine the sex of an individual.

Question 11

Pedigree

Answer 11

Occurrence of a genetic trait in several generations of the family.