Key Inheritance Terms

Question 1

Heterozygous

Answer 1

When an individual has two of the same alleles

Question 2

Homozygous

Answer 2

When an individual has two different alleles

Question 3

Dominant

Answer 3

A dominant allele causes the characteristic and also masks the effect of the recessive allele

Question 4

Recessive

Answer 4

Does not cause the charecteristics

Question 5

Allele

Answer 5

A single gene that controls charecteristics

Question 6

Genotype

Answer 6

Genetic constitution of a single individual

Question 7

Phenotype

Answer 7

Characteristics caused by genotype

Question 8

Gametes

Answer 8

The two alleles of a genotype

Question 9

Genome

Answer 9

Entire genetic material of an organism