Genetics Unit

Study of Heredity

• Biology
• Geology
• Genetics
• Cellology

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Passing of traits from parent to offspring

• genetics

• Punnett squares

• heredity

• mitosis

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different forms of a gene

• big or little

• simple or complex

• alleles

• codominant

describes an organism with two different alleles for a trait

• homozygous

• heterozygous

an offspring that was given different genetic information for a trait from each parent

• hybrid

• purebred

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The graphic represents two parents that are_________ for a trait.

• Homozygous recessive

• Homozygous dominant

• Heterozygous

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_________ are used to solve genetic crossing of parents and possible offspring

• Genetics

• Punnett squares

• Phenotypes

• Probability

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Two different alleles combine to form a pair of alleles that are -

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

One of a pair of genes that determines a specific trait.

• dominant
• recessive
• homozygous
• alleles

The allele that is hidden unless paired with another allele of the same type

• dominant

• recessive