Genetics Test Review

Hair color, flower color, height are examples of traits

What type of alleles are t, b, r, g recessive

The study of how traits are passed from parent to offspring genetics

Alleles represented by capital letters. dominant

The father of genetics Gregor Mendel

Characteristics that are inherited traits

alleles The different forms of a gene. Red daisy pink daisy orange daisy yellow daisy

The passing on of traits from parents to offspring heredity

PP Pp pp Purple, P is dominant Dominant Alleles that are always expressed, they often cover up the other allele. Dominant PP Pp pp Purple, P is dominant

An organism with genotypes BB, bb, TT, ss is homozygous

PP Pp pp white, p is recessive recessive Alleles represented by lowercase letters. recessive PP Pp pp white, p is recessive

The physical appearance of a trait. phenotype

Recessive Alleles that are sometimes not expressed because they are covered up Recessive

heterozygous The condition when the two alleles for a trait are different. heterozygous

gene A section of DNA on a chromosome that has information for a trait. gene

homozygous The condition when the two alleles for a trait are the same. homozygous

An organism with genotypes Rr, Ll, Ss, Pp is heterozygous

What type of alleles are T, B, R, G dominant

The set of alleles that an organism has for a trait. (genes) genotype

No dimples is recessive. Dimples is dominant. No dimples is recessive. What is the phenotype of a dd individual? No dimples What is the phenotype of a DD individual? Dimples What is the phenotype of a Dd individual? Dimples

Codominance or incomplete dominance?

Codominance or incomplete dominance?

Codominance Codominance or incomplete dominance?