Question | Answer |
The term used to describe a variation of a gene | allele
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The term used to describe a genotype with two copies of the same allele | homozygous
| The term used to describe a genotype with two different alleles | heterozygous
| The term used to describe a variation of a gene that is blocked or hidden by another variation of a gene during phenotypic expression | recessive allele
| The term used to describe a variation of a gene that has the ability to block a different variation of the same gene during phenotypic expression | dominant allele
| True or False: Being dominant for a trait is better than being recessive | False
| The term used to describe the physical appearance of a gene | phenotype
| The term used to describe the written combination of alleles of a gene | genotype
| What is the name of the protein found on the outer membrane of the red blood cell? | Antigen
| True or False: If a gene is found on the Y chromosome, a female will not have the allele for that gene. | True
| A _________________ trait is a gene found on one sex chromosome and not the other | sexlinked
| What is the phenotype of a child who has the follow sex linked genotype: XBXb , assuming normal vision is dominant to colorblindness? | Girl, normal carrier
| The term used to describe the DNA sequence that codes for a trait | gene
| The term used to describe the passing of genes from parents to offspring | heredity
| Using the letter D/d, write a heterozygous genotype | Dd
| Using the letter D/d, write a homozygous recessive genotype | dd
| A striped fruit fly is crossed with a non-striped fly. All 100 offspring are non-striped. N = non-striped is dominant n = striped is recessive. What is the genotype of the non-striped parent? | Nn
| An allele of a single gene causes a disease that affects many more males than females. Is this allele X-linked dominant or X-linked recessive? | X linked Recessive
| A red and white flower cross and create a pink flower. What type of inheritance is this? | Incomplete Dominance
| Which blood genotype (not including Rh Factor) is an example of co-dominance? | IAIB
| Which ABO blood type is associated with the person having Anti-A and Anti-B antibodies? | O
| Write all of the heterozygous ABO blood types | IAIB, IAi, Ibi
| The universal ABO/Rh blood type that can donate to anyone is | O- |