Genetics Word Questions

An inherited characteristic of an organism.

• trait
• homozygous
• genotype
• gene

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The segment of DNA that determines a particular trait.

• gene
• trait
• allele
• heterozygous

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The letter combination that makes up a trait
(ex: TT, Tt, tt)

• genotype
• phenotype
• dominant
• trait

Is the observable trait of an individual
(ex: blue eyes)

• genotype
• phenotype
• allele
• recessive

The different forms of the same genes are called

• homozygous

• allele

• hereditary

• genotype

An allele that masks the presence of a recessive allele in the phenotype
(ex: T)

• dominant allele
• recessive allele
• genetics
• homozygous dominant

An allele that is masked in the phenotype by the presence of a dominant allele
(ex: t)

• dominant allele
• recessive allele
• genotype
• genetics

Two different copies of an allele.

• definition of heterozygous
• definition of homozygous
• gene
• phenotype

Two copies of the same allele

• definition of heterozygous
• definition of homozygous
• dominant allele
• trait

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