Genetics

Question 0

What is heredity?

Answer 0

Genetic transmission of characteristics (traits) from parent to offspring

Question 1

What is genetics

Answer 1

Study of heredity

Question 2

What is a trait?

Answer 2

Specific characteristic that can vary from one individual to another

Question 3

What is a gene?

Answer 3

Sequence of DNA that codes for a protein, determines a trait, and is the basic unit of heredity

Question 4

What is an allele?

Answer 4

one of a number of different forms of a gene

Question 5

What is a genotype?

Answer 5

Genetic makeup of an organism for a trait. Represented by a pair of letters ex. Dd

Question 6

What is a phenotype?

Answer 6

Physical express of a trait

Question 7

What controls a phenotype

Answer 7

Genotype

Question 8

What do punned squares show?

Answer 8

Possible outcomes of a genetic cross