Genetics test vocabulary Review
Name: _________________
Class: ________
1. Gregor _____________, the "father of genetics"
2. The principle of _______________ and recessiveness.
3. The outward expression or appearance: _______________
4. The genetic make-up of two alleles (the genetic make-up or an organism (Tt)) : _______________
5. A cross that involves ONE pair of contrasting traits: _______________
6. Cross that involves parents that differ in TWO traits. _______________
7. The study of heredity: ________________
8. An alternate form of a gene: _______________
9. Having non identical alleles (not pure; ex. Aa): ________________
10. Having identical alleles (pure, ex. AA): _________________
11. Square used to determine probability and results of cross: ______________
12. The allele that is masked or covered up by the dominant allele: ______________
13. The plants Mendel did his studies on: ________________
14. The likelihood that an event will happen: ____________________
15. Gregor Mendel proposed two laws:
1) Law of _____________________________ states that alleles separate when gametes are formed
2) Law of _____________________________ states that ___________________________________
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ANSWER KEY
1. Gregor _____Mendel__________, the "father of genetics"
2. The principle of _dominance_______ and recessiveness.
3. The outward expression or appearance: ________phenotype_______
4. The genetic make-up of two alleles (the genetic make-up or an organism (Tt)) : _______genotype_________
5. A cross that involves ONE pair of contrasting traits: ____monohybrid_____________
6. Cross that involves parents that differ in TWO traits. __dihybrid___
7. The study of heredity: _____genetics____________
8. An alternate form of a gene: ____allele__________
9. Having non identical alleles (not pure; ex. Aa): __heterozygous___
10. Having identical alleles (pure, ex. AA): _homozygous_________
11. Square used to determine probability and results of cross: punnett
12. The allele that is masked or covered up by the dominant allele: ___ recessive___________
13. The plants Mendel did his studies on: ______pea_______
14. The likelihood that an event will happen: _________ probability_____________
15.Gregor Mendel proposed two laws:
1) Law of _____segregation_______ states that alleles separate when gametes are formed
2) Law of _____independent Assortment _____
states that separate genes for separate traits are
passed independently of one another from parents to offspring.