Genetics Fundamentals Quiz

Transmission of characteristics from parents to offspring

Fusion of sperm and egg that are provided by the same individual

<p>Fusion of sperm and egg provided by two different individuals</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Organism for which sexual reproduction produces offspring with traits identical to those of the parents</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Offspring of two parents that differ in one or more inherited traits</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cross-fertilization of two different varieties of an organism or two different species</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Parent individuals from which offspring are derived in inheritance studies</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Offspring of two P generation individuals</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Offspring of two F1 generation individuals</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An experimental mating of individuals differing at one genetic locus</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Alternative forms of a gene</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Having two identical alleles for a given gene</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Having two different alleles for a given gene</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In a heterozygote, the allele that determines the phenotype with respect to a particular gene</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In a heterozygote, an allele that has no noticeable effect on the phenotype</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Individuals have two alleles for each gene that separate during gamete formation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Diagram used to show the results of random fertilization</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The expressed traits of an organism; outward appearance</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Genetic makeup of an organism</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Particular site where a gene is found on a chromosome</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Experimental mating of individuals differing at two loci</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When gametes form, each pair of alleles segregate independently</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The probability of a compound event is the product of the separate probabilities of the independent events</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Traits most commonly found in nature</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Family tree representing the occurrence of heritable traits across generations</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Individual who is heterozygous for a recessive inherited disorder</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mating of close relatives</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Form of human dwarfism caused by a single dominant allele</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Genetic disease caused by a dominant allele characterized by uncontrollable movements</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Type of inheritance where the phenotype of a heterozygote is intermediate</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Inherited human disease characterized by high cholesterol levels</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Genetically determined human blood classes based on carbohydrate presence</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Expression of two different alleles in a heterozygote</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Control of more than one phenotypic characteristic by a single gene</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Genetic disorder where red blood cells have abnormal hemoglobin</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The additive effect of two or more gene loci on a single phenotype</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Genes are located on chromosomes, and their behavior during meiosis accounts for inheritance patterns</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Genes located closely on a chromosome that are usually inherited together</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Number of recombinant progeny divided by the total number of progeny</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Map of a chromosome showing the relative position of genes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gene located on a sex chromosome</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Common sex-linked human disorder involving malfunction of light-sensitive cells</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sex-linked human genetic blood disorder caused by a recessive allele</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Human genetic disease caused by sex-linked recessive allele leading to muscle weakening</p> Signup and view all the answers