Intro To Genetics

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What is the phenotype for FF?

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Free earlobes

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What are variations in the same gene between different individuals called?

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Alleles

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What are the alleles that an organism has/inherits called?

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Genotype

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How are dominant alleles written?

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Upper case always

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What is the term for having two different alleles for a trait?

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Heterozygous

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What is the phenotype for ff?

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Attached earlobes

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What is the term for having two identical alleles for a trait?

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Homozygous

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What is the difference between genotype and phenotype?

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Genotype refers to the genetic makeup, while phenotype refers to the physical expression of traits.

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What does a dominant allele do?

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It masks the effect of a recessive allele.

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What is an example of a dominant trait?

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Free earlobes (F) are dominant over attached earlobes (f).