Inheritance of Traits Vocab Practice

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An allele is...

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a variation of a gene

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A dominant allele is...

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the trait that is visible with one copy.

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A recessive allele is...

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the trait that will be hidden if there is only one copy.

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A genotype is...

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the combination of alleles (e.g. TT)

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A phenotype is...

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the physical result of the genotype (e.g. brown hair)

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Homozygous dominant genotype allele combination?

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AA

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Homozygous recessive genotype allele combination?

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aa

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Heterozygous genotype allele combination?

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Aa

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Genotype Dd indicates:

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No Dimples

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Curling tongue is dominant (T), non-curling is recessive (t). Parents Tt can curl tongue. Can offspring not curl?

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Yes, because each parent could give a t allele.