Genetics Vocabulary - Graded

An organism’s genetic makeup or allele combination.

• Genotype
• Phenotype
• Beanotype
• Notype

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An organism’s physical appearance, or visible traits. 

• Genotype
• Phenotype
• Beanotype
• Notype

What is called when a organism has two different alleles for a trait. Example - Tt or Rr

• Heterozygous

• Homozygous

• Domozygous

• Thermozygous

What is called when a organism has two identical alleles for a trait. Example - TT or tt.

• Heterozygous

• Homozygous

• Domozygous

• Thermozygous

A genetic trait that is represented with a capital letter and will always show if it is present.

• Recessive

• Purebred

• Dominant

• Gene

What are physical characteristics of an organism?

• Alleles

• Genotypes

• Genes

• Traits

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A trait that is masked (covered up) by the dominant trait. This type of trait only appears if two alleles for the same characteristic are inherited. It will be represented by a lowercase letter.

• Recessive

• Dominant

• Homozygous

• Allele

An organism that has two different alleles for a trait is...

• Purebred/Homozygous

• Hybrid/Heterozygous

• Mixed

• Phenotype

One gene from a gene pair (alternate form of a gene)

• Gene

• Chromosome

• Allele

• Trait

Having two identical alleles of a particular gene or genes.

• Homozygous/Purebred

• Hybrid/Heterozygous

• Traits

• Genotype