Herdity Vocab Quiz ( Regular)

Dominant

• Describes a trait that covers over, or dominates, another form of that trait

• genetic makeup

• weak

• An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait

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Traits

• phenotype

• purebred

• Characteristics that are inherited

• Control center

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Traits

• phenotype

• purebred

• Characteristics that are inherited

• Control center

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Recessive

• trait of an organism that cannot be masked

• trait of an organism that can be masked by the dominant form of a trait

• physical appearance, visible traits

• any difference between individuals of the same species

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A group of people that are born around the same time

• twins

• generation

• offsprings

• Inherited traits

A person child (ren) are best described as their

• offspring

• blood

• kids

• inheritance

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To receive genetic information and traits from a parent or parents

• heredity
• genetics
• gene
• inherited traits

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A genetic trait passed from parent to child that is more likely to happen

• dominant traits
• recessive traits
• learned behavior
• characteristic

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A genetic trait that lacks the ability to manifest itself when a dominant gene is present

• dominant traits
• recessive traits
• learned behavior
• characteristic

A group of related organisms making up a single step in the line of descent

• reproduce
• learned behaviors
• instinctive behaviors
• generation

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