Genetics Vocabulary

2. What does a pedigree use to represent males?
5. For a recessive trait to be shown the alleles must be ____.
8. Diploid cells contain ____ complete sets of chromosomes.
9. ____ dominance occurs when one allele is not expressed over the other, resulting in a mix of the two.
10. A gamete is a ____ cell.
11. When a set of alleles are heterozygous, the ____ trait is shown.
15. A set of alleles are ____ recessive if they are in the form aa.
16. A trait passed on through the x chromosome.
18. Chromosomes contain ____.
20. Genotype determines ____ traits?

1. Autosomal chromosomes are labeled with ____.
3. What do genotypes create?
4. DNA includes instructions for synthesizing ____.
6. Genes are located on ____.
7. Predicts the outcome of breeding for one trait.
12. What causes phenotypes?
13. A set of alleles are homozygous dominant if both letters are ____.
14. A ____ is a letter, which in a pair indicates a genotype.
17. Mitosis is when a cell divides, producing two genetically ____ cells.
19. A haploid cell has one set of ____ chromosomes.
21. Meiosis is a process in which a cell divides to reduce its number of chromosomes, resulting in four ____ cells.