Genetics

An organism is ___ for a trait when they receive the same alleles for that trait.

A ___ is a characteristic of an organism that is inherited from its parents.

Your parents give you 46 of these-- 23 from your mom and 23 from your dad.

Which word is used to describe an organism that has had its DNA altered in some way?

Living things ___ traits from their parents.

The probability of a certain trait being inherited can be calculated using a ___.

An organism's ___ is the physical expression of the gene. (It's how the gene "shows itself".)

An organism is ___ for a trait when they receive two different alleles for that trait.

The purpose of reproduction is to produce another living organism called a/an ___.

____ contains the genetic code for life.

The process by which cells copy themselves is called ___.

A ___will always be overpowered by a stronger gene (unless it is matched by another ___).

A ____ will always overpower a weaker gene and show itself.

____ make up several parts of the human body and help with many processes in the human body.

The set of genes that are responsible for a certain trait are called its ___.

___ is the process by which DNA is altered.