genetics

Question 0

Chromosomes

Answer 0

• Package for DNA

- located inside the nucleus of the cell

Question 1

DNA

Answer 1

The blueprints of life.

Blueprints- instructions to build organisms

Question 2

Genes

Answer 2

Parts of the DNA that code for traits

Question 3

Genotype

Answer 3

Represented with the two letters . The info in your genes , you can’t look at a person and read their code.

Question 4

Phenotype

Answer 4

• physical

- you look at a person and can see their traits.

Question 5

Dominant

Answer 5

Traits that hide or overpower the recessive traits. Use capital letters.

Question 6

Recessive

Answer 6

Traits that are hidden or overpowered by the dominant traits. Use lowercase letters.

Question 7

Hybrid

Answer 7

1 Capital R and 1 lowercase r

Question 8

Pure recessive

Answer 8

2 lowercase r’s

Question 9

Pure dominant

Answer 9

2 uppercase R’s

Question 10

alleles

Answer 10

Forms a gene or trait