genetics

Question 1

are the units of heredity composed of DNA molecules that are transferred from the parents of offspring

Answer 1

genes

Question 2

the scientific study of genes and how they affect heredity

Answer 2

genetics

Question 3

father of modern genetics

Answer 3

Gregor Mendel

Question 4

One of two or more alternative forms of a gene

Answer 4

allele

Question 5

trait that is expressed

Answer 5

dominant trait

Question 6

trait that is masked in the presence of a dominant trait

Answer 6

recessive trait

Question 7

first filial or first generation of offspring

Answer 7

F1 generation

Question 8

Generation produced by interbreeding individuals of the F1 generation

Answer 8

F2 generation

Question 9

Reproductive or sex cell

Answer 9

Gamete

Question 10

Genetic composition of an individual

Answer 10

Genotype

Question 11

Observable characteristics of an individual

Answer 11

Phenotype

Question 12

Organisms that have two different alleles for the same trait

Answer 12

heterozygous

Question 13

Organisms that have two identical alleles for a particular trait

Answer 13

Homozygous

Question 14

diagram used to predict an outcome of a particular cross or breeding experiment

Answer 14

punnet square

Question 15

is the branch of mathematics that explains the likelihood that a particular event will occur

Answer 15

Probability

Question 16

punnet square experiments

Answer 16

monohybrid cross, dihybrid cross

Question 17

A cross between parents that differ in one trait

Answer 17

Monohybrid cross

Question 18

Two contrasting traits between parents being crossed to determine the genotype and the phenotype of their offspring

Answer 18

Dihybrid cross