Genetic Expression

gene most likely to stay hidden or covered up;

shown with a lowercase letter

• dominant

• recessive

• phenotype

• offspring

genetic code for a trait;

genes that produce a phenotype

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• phenotype

• genotype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

physical expression of a genotype;

traits you can see, count, or measure

• genotype

• heterozygous

• phenotype

• homozygous

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

tool that shows the possible genotypes in the offspring of two parents

• Inheritance Chart

• DNA Data

• Mendel Model

• Punnett Square

A version of a gene is called a(n)

• allele

• characteristic

• specific gene

• trait

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A trait that is expressed if one copy of the allele is present is a(n)

• characteristic

• dominant trait

• gene

• recessive trait

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Which pair of alleles is an example of heterozygous alleles?

• ll

• LL

• Ll

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

An organism’s physical expression of a trait is called a(n)

• dominant trait

• genotype

• phenotype

• recessive trait

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What is it called when both alleles in a genotype are the same?

• Dominance

• Heterozygous

• Homozygous

• Recessiveness

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What is it called when the alleles in a genotype are different?

• Dominance

• Heterozygous

• Homozygous

• Recessiveness

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2