the abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid?
DNA
a member of a gene pair that determines a specific trait is a(an) ______________.
allele
____________________ is known as the father of genetics
Mendel
a ___________ has genes that are different for a trait, such as Tt.
hybrid
The actual gene makeup of an organism is its _______________.
genotype
___________ are physical characteristics of an organism that are passed down from one generation to the next.
traits
___________________ ____________________________ is a condition in which neither of the two genes in a gene pair masks the other (they are both expressed equally)
incomplete dominance
___________________________ are rod-shaped structures found in the nucleus of every cell in an organism.
chromosomes
a _________________ trait is expressed when two different genes for the same trait are present.
dominant
the physical appearance of a trait is called the ____________________.
phenotype
Mendel experimented with ________ _________ to learn about genetics.
pea plants
a ____________________________ gene pair consists of two dominants alleles or two recessive alleles.
homozygous
according to the _______ of _______________________ one gene from each gene pair goes to each sex cell.
Law; segragation
The traits of an organism are controlled by its __________________.
genes
a __________________ ___________________ is a chart used to show the possible gene combinations in across between two organisms.
punnett square
a _______________________ gene pair that consists of a dominant allele and a recessive allele.
heterozygous
the _________ ___________ generation i the offspring of the P, or parental, generation.
first filial
a ______________ is a scientist who studies heredity
geneticist
a _________________ traits seems to disappear when two different genes for the same trait are present/
recessive
organisms inherit genes in pairs. one from each _________.
parent
_________________ is the study of heredity
genetics
the ________ of independent ________________________ states that each gene pair is inherited independently of the gene pairs for other traits.
law; assortment