GENETICS FROM GENES TO GENOMES UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE

GENETICS FROM GENES TO GENOMES
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE

●● genetics
Answer: The study of heredity


●● trait
Answer: A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring.


●● Gregor Mendel
Answer: Monk who discovered the basic laws of heredity


●● Pea plants
Answer: Organism that Mendel studied and worked with.


●● Genes
Answer: sections of chromosomes that control for specific traits


●● Alleles

, Answer: Different forms of a gene


●● Dominant
Answer: Describes a trait that covers over another form of that trait
(prevents it from being seen).


●● Recessive
Answer: Trait of an organism that can be masked by the dominant form
of a trait.


●● Genotype
Answer: Genetic makeup of an organism (represented by letters).


●● Phenotype
Answer: An organism's physical appearance (what genes make you look
like).


●● pure/homozygous
Answer: Having two identical alleles for a particular gene.


●● Hybrid/Heterozygous
Answer: Having two different alleles for a trait.