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Understanding Inheritance Vocabulary TUR M3

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