Genetics Vocabulary Review

2. The creation of an organism that has exactly the same genes as the organism from which it was produced.
5. The different characteristics one acquires from their parents are called __________.
9. This is an organism’s physical appearance or its visible traits.
12. This type of allele is covered up when the dominant allele is with it and is less common.
14. Term that describes two different alleles.
18. All of the DNA in one cell of an organism.
19. This is the term for when a female contributes one factor, while the male contributes the other factor.
22. A cross between two organisms that have similar characteristics.

1. The genetic makeup of an organism.
3. These always produce offspring with the same trait as the parent.
4. The trait that shows and is more common.
6. To select organisms with desired traits to be parents of the next generation.
7. The factors that control traits are called __________.
8. Only ___________ will have the exact same DNA fingerprint.
10. Term that describes two identical alleles.
11. ___________'s goal is to identify the DNA sequence of every possible gene in the human genome.
13. This is the likelihood that a particular event will occur.
14. When breeders cross two genetically different individuals.
15. Priest in Vienna, The Father of Modern Genetics
16. A diagram that is used to predict the outcome of a particular cross.
17. The passing of traits from parents to offspring
20. A relationship among alleles where both alleles contribute to the phenotype of the heterozygote.
21. This is the name for an organism with two different alleles.