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T/F: Genotype is the physical change of a cell or organism.
False, a genotype is the "genetic makeup" of an organism.
What word refers to a physical change of appearance resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment?
Phenotype
T/F: GG is heterozygous
False, its homozygous
What controls an offsprings traits?
Chromosomes from each parent
A section on a chromosome that has genetic information for one trait is called a...
Gene
Different forms of a gene are called...
Alleles
What is one way to model inheritance?
punnett square or pedigree (either answer acceptable)
If I cross Ff and Ff what will the genotypes of the offsprings be?
1 FF, 2 Ff, 1ff
T/F: A recessive trait is a expressed only in if two recessive alleles are present
True
What is codominance?
Codominance is when both alleles can be observed in a phenotype
What structure carries genetic information in the form of genes?
chromosomes
A deletion or insertion of DNA codons can cause...
mutations
