Genetics Unit Test Review

What do the letters on the outside of the punnett square stand for?

Of the following, the organism that produces the least genetically diverse offspring is —

A capital letter indicates...

If genes for purple flowers mask genes for white flowers, the white flowers are...

The passing on of traits from an organism to its offspring is known as...

The units of heredity that code for your characteristics are called

If an octopus has 24 chromosomes, how many chromosomes will be in the sex cell of each?

The number of chromosomes in a person’s normal body cell are

A gene allele that masks another trait.

Fill in the missing square

Genetic make-up (gene code) of an organism is called

Which genotypes are purebred?

In the cross Bb X Bb, what percentage of the offspring have the same PHENOtype as parents?

The form of reproduction that will result in the most genetically diverse offspring is —

An organism that has two of the same alleles for a trait.

If two purebred short plants are crossed, all the offspring will be ...

The visible characteristics (or physical appearance) of an organism are called

The symbol for a recessive trait is ...

An organism that has different gene alleles for a particular trait is called a...