Genetics Vocab Remediation Quiz

the passing of traits from parents to offspring

• genes

• heredity

• chromosomes

• genetics

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the scientific study of heredity

• genes

• chromosomes

• genetics

• traits

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structures inside the nucleus of eukaryotes that is made of genes

• chromosomes

• heredity

• genetics

• traits

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factors that control traits; strands of DNA

• chromosomes

• heredity

• genetics

• genes

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physical characteristics of organisms

• chromosomes

• genes

• traits

• genetics

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an organism that has two different alleles for a trait

• heterozygous

• homozygous

• dominant

• recessive

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an organism that has two identical alleles for a trait

• heterozygous

• homozygous

• dominant

• recessive

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an allele whose trait is masked or hidden in the presence of a dominant allele

• heterozygous

• homozygous

• dominant

• recessive

an allele whose trait always shows up in the organism

• dominant

• recessive

• genotype

• phenotype

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having a mix of alleles 

• hybrid

• homozygous

• purebred

• genotype

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