Heredity and Genetics

What is heredity?

• A type of allele

• The passing of traits from parents to offspring

• The process of learning traits

• A type of scientific study

What are alleles?

• Different versions of a gene

• Types of proteins

• Cells in the body

• DNA segments that do not affect traits

Which color was the dominant allele in Mendel's pea plant experiment?

• Red

• Green

• Blue

• Yellow

What does a Punnett square show?

• The process of cell division

• The chemical structure of DNA

• The probability of traits appearing in offspring

• The types of proteins made by genes

What is a recessive allele?

• An allele that does not affect the phenotype

• An allele that is always visible

• An allele that is masked by a dominant allele

• An allele that hides another allele