Heredity

Genes always appear in pairs. Your parents donate ________ allele for every trait.

• 1

• 2

• 23

• 46

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What is a dominant allele?

• A trait that is always shown (capital letter)

• A trait that can be hidden (lower case letter)

• Alleles that are the same

• Alleles that are different

The genes of an organism

• Mesotype

• Phenotype

• Teletype

• Genotype

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The passing of DNA from parents to offspring

• Generation

• Heredity

• Inheritance

• Traits

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What is Bb?

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

• Recessive

• Alleles

What are the two genotypes that show the DOMINANT Phenotype

• GG, gg

• GG, Gg

• Gg, gg

Which of the following pairs is homozygous dominant?

• Hh

• pp

• HH

• aa

What is a gene?

• An entire chromosome that codes for a trait

• a piece of clothing

• a piece of a DNA on chromosome that codes for a trait

• Chemical messengers in your brain that code for a trait

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Segments of DNA are called

• Nuclei

• Genes

• genotypes

• Chromosomes

This means Same Gene

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Heterozygous

• Homozygous