11.2 Genetics

4. The transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring
5. Father of Genetics
6. reproduction, a single-parent organism produces offspring without the union of reproductive cells
10. ________ chart is essentially a family tree that includes information on the trait being studied; they are most commonly used to study human genetic diseases
12. the appearance that results from the genotype is
13. reproductive cells; egg and sperm
15. sexual reproduction is reproduction through _____________
17. ribonucleic acid
18. If an organism has two identical alleles for the same gene
19. protein-producing factories in the cytoplasm
23. the scientific study of heredity
24. units of hereditary information stored on the cell's chromosomes

1. trait that does not appear in the offspring when the dominant allele is present
2. the actual combination of alleles that the organism has for a particular trait
3. when the gametes unite in the process of fertilization, the result is a single fertilized egg cell known as a _____________.
7. _________ reproduction, the growth of a new plant from a leaf, stem, or root of an existing plant, is a form of asexual reproduction
8. Nonseed plants and many fungi can reproduce asexually using one-celled reproductive structures called ______________.
9. is the process by which the cell makes a copy of the DNA before dividing
11. trait that shows up in the offspring even if an allele for a different trait is also present
14. If two alleles are different
16. RNA is produced through this process, in which the DNA information of a single gene is copied into a molecule of RNA
20. the process by which a cell divides to form two new cells, both having identical characteristics and carrying on the same life functions as the parent cell
21. _________ square, this is a chart that help us visualize all the possible combinations of alleles that could result from a cross
22. involves two separate cell divisions, the chromosomes are distributed so that each of the four gametes cells total