Heredity Review

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What is the process of genetic material exchange between homologous chromosomes during meiosis?

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Cross Over

Front

In fruit flies, what is the eye color of a male with the genotype X^R Y?

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Red eyes

Front

Who determines the gender of an offspring in humans?

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The father

Front

What genotype represents a female who is a carrier for hemophilia?

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X^H X^h

Front

What do you call two identical alleles of a gene for a certain trait?

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Homozygous

Front

What is the term for different alleles of a gene for a certain trait?

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Heterozygous

Front

What is the genetic makeup of an organism called?

Back

Genotype

Front

What is the observable physical characteristic of an organism?

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Phenotype

Front

What is the term for a trait that is expressed only when two recessive alleles are present?

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Recessive trait

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What is the term for a trait that is expressed even when only one dominant allele is present?

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Dominant trait