Genetic Vocabulary Flashcards

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Trait that always shows up (Capital Letter)

Recessive
Heredity
Genes
Dominant

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Different Characteristics

DNA
Phenotype
Traits
Genotype

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Heredity is best described as

Production of energy
passage of genetic material
storge of waste
communication of information

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Trait that is hidden

Dominant
Phenotype
Genotype
Recessive

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Passing on of traits is

heredity
dominant
alleles
genotype

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Recessive traits are expressed

If the trait is carried by the male parent
Only when the dominant gene is not present
Always, in all members of the population
In one quarter of all offspring produced

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Two Different Alleles (Bb)

Heterozygous
Genetics
Recessive
Homozygous

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Controls what trait you have (in chromosomes)

Homozygous
Genes
Traits
Dominant

9

Study of Heredity

Phenotype
Heredity
Genetics
Meiosis

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Physical Characteristics (eye color)

Genotype
Phenotype
Alleles
Dominant

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Produces Four Sex Cells

genotype
miosis
dna
mitosis

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Recessive genes are expressed under which of the following conditions

Every time they are found
Reproduce through seeds
When asexual organisms reproduce
Only in the absence of dominant genes

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Two alleles that are the same (YY, yy)

Recessive
Dominant
Heterozygous
Homozygous

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The inherited traits of an organism are governed by

Leukocytes
Genes
Enzymes
Cytoplasm

15

Contains genes (Found in Nucleus)

DNA
Genotype
Alleles
Heterozygous

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The primary function of the chromosome is to

release energy
transport waste
Store genetic instructions
relay messages between cells

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Combination of allels

Traits
Phenotype
Genotype
Heterozygous

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When one body becomes two

Mitosis
Traits
DNA
Meiosis

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Letters to represent a trait

Alleles
Genes
Traits
Mitosis

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Genes are located in which part of the cell?

Endoplasmic Reticulum
Chromosome
Lysosome
Cytoplasm

Genetic Vocabulary

Questions 20

Genetic Vocabulary

Questions 20