17.1 studying inheritance

Question 1

genotype

Answer 1

genetic constitution of an organism

Question 2

phenotype

Answer 2

physical characteristic due to its genotype and its environment

Question 3

dominant allele

Answer 3

always expressed in the phenotype

Question 4

recessive allele

Answer 4

only expressed in the phenotype if 2 are present

Question 5

codominant alleles

Answer 5

equally expressed in the phenotype

Question 6

homologous chromosomes

Answer 6

a pair of chromosomes, one maternal and one paternal, that have the same gene loci

Question 7

multiple alleles

Answer 7

a gene that had more than 2 allelic forms