Introduction to Dominant and Recessive Genes

Heredity is....

• he passing of traits from parent to offspring

• What I get from grandpa when he goes back to King Kai

• A hidden trait

• The strongest trait

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A dominant trait is....

• A trait that always comes out

• A trait that is always hidden

• An angry gene

• A weak gene

Gerry and his wife both have blue eyes, which is a recessive trait. Which is true about their baby?

• He's adopted

• The baby will not inherit their traits

• The baby will be blue eyed

• The baby will have brown hair

A flower garden has 300 flowers, and 250 of them are purple flowers, and the other 50 are white flowers. Which of the following is true?

• He doesn't have enough pollen spreaders

• The purple flowers are dominant

• The white flowers will eventually overpower the purple

• He is using a soil that helps boost his plant growth rate

genetics is the study of

• animal genes

• how blue-eyed babies are born

• family characteristics

• how traits are passed on

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True or false: A recessive trait is a trait that comes out very often in large families

• True

• False

When your genes are expressed physically (how you look) we call that your:

• Phenotype

• Recessive Trait

• Genetics

• Genotype

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Select the recessive traits:

• Brown Hair

• Brown Eyes

• Blue Eyes

• Dimples

he Italian monk/scientist who first showed

the principles of genetics

• Watson and Crick

• Darwin

• Linnaeus

• Mendel