BIO MCAS Review 4: Genetics Vocabulary

The physical characteristic as it appears in an organism

The organism that Gregor Mendel bred to learn about inheritance patterns

When the traits of 2 different alleles show up side-by-side in the phenotype, we call it....

A piece of DNA that contains information for a single trait.

 The pair of genes of each parent separate and one gene from each parent passes to offspring.

The likelihood that something will happen

Two chromosomes, one from each parent, containing similar genetic material.

Different forms of a gene (an alternate form of the same gene)

The genetic makeup of an organism for his or her inherited traits

The sex-linked disorder in which blood-clotting does not occur

When the traits of 2 different alleles show up as blended in the phenotype, we call it....

An chart showing an organizational scheme for an organism's chromosomes....

A genotype consisting of different alleles for a particular trait

The study of gene structure and action and the patterns of inheritance of traits

The genotype consisting of two identical alleles for a particular trait.

The term for a gentotype in which there are two recessive alleles

This word describes how a trait appears in an organism.

A gene located on the X chromosome