Inherited Traits

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What is a RECESSIVE TRAIT?

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A trait that gets hidden by the dominant trait.

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What are GENES?

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What determines the traits that are passed from parents to offspring.

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Is gene therapy a type of genetic engineering?

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True.

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What is the best definition of HEREDITY?

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Passing of traits from one generation to the next.

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What is a DOMINANT TRAIT?

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A trait that is always seen & covers other traits.

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What is the role of DNA in inheritance?

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DNA carries the genetic information that determines traits.

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What is a phenotype?

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The observable characteristics or traits of an organism.

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What is a genotype?

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The genetic makeup of an organism, representing the alleles it carries.

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What is an allele?

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Different forms of a gene that can exist at a specific locus.

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What is the difference between homozygous and heterozygous?

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Homozygous means having two identical alleles for a trait; heterozygous means having two different alleles.