Genetics Practice

What is heredity?

• The physical appearance of an organism

• The study of traits

• The passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring

• The genetic makeup of an organism

What are traits?

• The study of heredity

• Specific characteristics that are inherited from parents

• Different forms of a gene

• Factors that control a trait

What is genetics?

• The passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring

• The genetic makeup of an organism

• The study of heredity

• The study of traits

What does purebred mean?

• The offspring of many generations that have the same form of a trait

• The genetic makeup of an organism

• Factors that control a trait

• Different forms of a gene

What did Mendel cross to study inherited traits?

• Homozygous tall plants with homozygous short plants

• Homozygous tall plants with heterozygous short plants

• Purebred tall plants with heterozygous short plants

• Purebred tall plants with purebred short plants

What are genes?

• The study of traits

• Specific characteristics that are inherited from parents

• Factors that control a trait

• Different forms of a gene

What are alleles?

• The study of traits

• Different forms of a gene

• Specific characteristics that are inherited from parents

• Factors that control a trait

What are dominant alleles?

• Always show up when that allele is present

• Always hidden whenever a recessive allele is present

• The genetic makeup of an organism

• Different forms of a gene

What is phenotype?

• The genetic makeup of an organism

• The physical appearance of an organism

• The passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring

• The study of traits

What is genotype?

• The study of traits

• The passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring

• The genetic makeup of an organism

• The physical appearance of an organism