Heredity

Question 1

Observable traits.

Answer 1

Phenotype

Question 2

Name of the alleles.

Answer 2

Genotype

Question 3

Traits that are passed on from parents to offspring.

Answer 3

Heredity

Question 4

Segment of DNA that codes for a particular trait.

Answer 4

Gene

Question 5

Variety of the same gene as in dimple or no dimple.

Answer 5

Alleles

Question 6

Babies.

Answer 6

Offspring

Question 7

characteristics

Answer 7

Traits

Question 8

Requires male and female gametes to produce offspring

Answer 8

Sexual Reproduction

Question 8

Does not require male and female gametes to produce offspring.

Answer 8

Asexual Reproduction

Question 9

Cell division that results in two identical daughter cells.

Answer 9

Mitosis

Question 10

Cell division that produces sex cells, each cell is unique (different from one another.)

Answer 10

Meiosis

Question 11

Located in the nucleus of a cell; it is a genetic material.

Answer 11

DNA

Question 11

A chance

Answer 11

Probability

Question 12

Sex cells (egg or sperm)

Answer 12

Gametes

Question 12

Diagram showing how male and female alleles might combine in offspring.

Answer 12

Punnett Square

Question 12

The process by which sperm and egg combine to form an offspring.

Answer 12

Fertilization

Question 13

A fertilized egg (2 haploids joined together)

Answer 13

Zygote

Question 14

A gene that is expressed only when there are 2 copies of the same alleles (ff)

Answer 14

Recessive

Question 15

2 copies of the same recessive alleles (small small letter: gg, ff)

Answer 15

Homozygous Recessive

Question 15

A gene that is expressed either with 1 or 2 copies of the alleles.

Answer 15

Dominant

Question 15

2 copies of the same dominant alleles (big big letter: ie…TT, GG, FF)

Answer 15

Homozygous Dominant

Question 16

A mixed gene with one dominant allele and one recessive allele; ie… TT, Gg, Ff)

Answer 16

Heterozygous

Question 16

Father of genetics. He experimented with pea plants.

Answer 16

Gregor Mendel

Question 16

The crossing of genes between two flowers; done by insects, human, winds)

Answer 16

Cross Pollination

Question 17

The crossing of genes between two animals of the same species; human involve in the breeding to select desired traits.

Answer 17

Cross breeding

Question 17

A pure homozygous dominant or homozygous recessive.

Answer 17

Purebred

Question 18

A mixture of two gene one dominant and one recessive.

Answer 18

Hybrid (mutt)