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Whatisthescientificstudyofheredity? Genetics

Whatisthealleleforarecessivetraitrepresentedby?

alowercaseletter

Ifthereistwocapitalorlowercaseletterstogether,whatisthispairofallelescalled?

homozygousorpure

Whatisthegenotypeofanorganismthathasatleastonecapitalletter?

heterozygousorhybrid

Whatisthephysicalappearanceofanindividualforaspecifictraitcalled?

phenotype

Whenanindividualexpressesboththedominantandrecessivetraitsatthesametimetheallelesaresaidtobe?

codominant

Whoisthe"father"ofgenetics? GregorMendel

Whatlawstatestheallelesofageneseparatefromeachotherduringtheformationofgametes?

LawofIndependenceAssortment

Whatdoesthegenotypelooklikeforanindividualthatisheterozygousfortallness?

Tt

WhattypeofplantsdidMendelstudy? peaplants

Whatisthedevicecalledthatisusedtodeterminetheprobableoutcomeofgeneticcrosses?

punnettsquare

Whatiswrongwithapersonwhohashemophilia?

Thereblooddoesn'tclot

Whatisasexlinkedtrait? Gametes

Whatdoesthegenotypelooklikeforapersonthatishomozygousrecessiveforatrait?

twolowercaseletters

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Whatdoesthegenotypelooklikeforpurebreedingplant?

Bothcapitalorbothlowercaseletters

Whatisapedigree? isachartofgenetichistoryofafamilyoverseveralgenerations

Whatdoesthelawofdominancestate? Someallelesaredominantandothersarerecessive

WhydidMendelchoosepeaplantsastheorganismtostudyinhisexperiments?

produceslotsofoffspringgrowsquicklyeasytogrow

Whyisituncommonforawomantohaveasexlinkedgeneticdisorder,suchashemophilia?

becauseoneXhidestheother!

What'shomozygous? organismsthathavetwoidenticalallelesforaparticulartrait

What'sheterozygous? organismsthathave2differentallelesforthesametrait

Whatsagenotype? geneticmakeupofanorganism

Ifmalesareaffectedinthepedigreeitis? xlinked

Ifitis50/50ratiobetweenmen&womenthedisorderis?

autosomal

ifthedisorderis___oneoftheparentsmusthavethedisorder

dominant

ifthedisorderis___neitherparenthastohavethedisorderbecausetheycanbeheterozygousforthetrait

recessive