Vocabulary - inheritance

Select all of the following genotypes that are considered Heterozygous.

• AA

• Bb

• zz

• Dd

• Hh

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Select all of the following genotypes that are considered Homozygous.

• AA

• bb

• Hh

• Dd

• zz

Two alleles can be the same

• homozygous

• heterozygous

What is the phenotype of the heterozygous parent in the punnett square?

• green
• yellow
• hybrid
• purebred

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Blue eyes

• genotype

• phenotype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Is this an example of a genotype or a phenotype:

YY

• genotype

• phenotype

Who is the father of genetics? 

• Charles Darwin 
• Gregor Mendel
• Dimitri Mendeleev 
• Hans Krebs 

aa

• Heterozygous

• Homozygous Dominant

• Homozygous Recessive

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A chemical modification of DNA that does not affect the nucleotide sequence of a gene but makes that gene less likely to be expressed.

• activators

• methylation

• acetylation

• proteins

What allele combination should go in the missing box?

• AA
• Aa
• aa
• none of these

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2