AJack794152 Genes and inheritance vocabulary

gamete choose 2 correct statements

• a sex cell with half the normal chromosome number

• a sex cell with the normal chromosome number

• haploid

• diploid

Thread like structure made of DNA and protein inside the nucleus (contains genes

• DNA

• gene

• chromosome

A ..................... is a section of DNA that codes for a particular protein or characteristic

• allele

• base pair

• chromosome

• gene

When a ........................... allele is present it is always expressed in an organism

• weak

• recessive

• dominant

• strong

Two ................................... alleles must be present for the characteristic to show ( be expressed)

• dominant

• strong

• recessive

• weak

homozygous

• 2 of the same allele are present

• 2 different alleles are present

• neither is true

If two of the same alleles are present we say the alleles are ..............

• recessive

• dominant

• heterozygous

• homozygous

Genotype is

• both are true

• What the organism looks like

• The alleles present

• Neither are true

Phenotype choose two correct definitions

• What the organism looks like

• the genes the organism has

• The physical characteristics observed

• The genotype the organism has

Inheritance means passing on genetic information to the next generation

• True

• False