inheritance

Question 1

locus meaning

Answer 1

physical location of a gene or DNA sequence on a chromosome

Question 2

allele meaning

Answer 2

variation of a gene

Question 3

codominance meaning

Answer 3

both (alleles) of a gene are fully and equally expressed in an organism, resulting in a phenotype showing both trait

Question 4

homozygote meaning

Answer 4

an individual that inherits two identical alleles

Question 5

heterozygous meaning

Answer 5

an organism having two different versions (alleles)