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Unit 3 Quiz 2
Question | Answer |
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Fertilization | a sperm cell and an egg cell join together in this process |
Heredity | the passing of genetic material from parents to offspring. |
Gene | segments of DNA found in chromosomes that give instructions for producing a certain characteristic such as eye color. |
Alleles | different versions of a gene such as blue eyes and brown eyes. |
Geneotype | the combination of alleles that you inherit from your parents such as Bb. |
Phenotype | your observable traits such as blue eyes. |
Dominant | the allele that contributes to the phenotype if one or two copies are present in the genotype. Represented with a capital letter. BB or Bb. |
Recessive | the allele that contributes to the phenotype only when two copies of it are present. bb |
Incomplete Dominance | each allele in a heterozygous individual influences the phenotype. Results in a blend of the phenotypes of the parents such as red and white make pink. |
Codominance | both of the alleles in a heterozygous individual contribute to the phenotype. Both traits will show up such as Aa Blood and Bb blood makes AB blood. |