Unit 6.2 Vocabulary Quiz

A genotype made up of two different alleles for a specific gene; one dominant, one recessive allele.

• Homozygous
• Allele
• Genotype
• Heterozygous

The study of the processes and results of inherited traits.

• Genetics
• Allele
• Phenotype
• Inheritance

A cross between two organisms containing two alleles for a single trait.

• Punnett square
• Dihybrid cross
• Monohybrid cross
• Heterozygous

A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.

• Genotype
• Trait
• Recessive allele
• Allele

An allele whose trait is masked when a dominant allele is present, and is only expressed in the phenotype in the absence of a dominant allele; represented by a lowercase letter.

• Dominant allele
• Phenotype
• Recessive allele
• Heterozygous

The likelihood that a particular event will occur.

• Probability
• Phenotype
• Genetics
• Recessive allele

One or more forms of a gene.

• Heterozygous
• Genotype
• Genetics
• Allele

The transmission of genetic material from the parent (or parents) to the offspring.

• Inheritance
• Genetics
• Phenotype
• Mendelian genetics

An allele whose trait is always visible in the organism's phenotype when the allele is present; represented by uppercase letter.

• Homozygous
• Recessive allele
• Dominant allele
• Genotype

A genotype made up of two identical alleles for a specific gene.

• Heterozygous
• Homozygous
• Allele
• Genotype