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What is a clone?

A group of organisms formed by inheriting all its parental characters.

What is a trait or characteristic?

  • It is a condition of having different allelic forms of a gene.
  • It is a group of organisms inheriting parental characters.
  • It refers to the genetic expression of an organism.
  • It is the recognizable feature in a person. (correct)

Heterozygous is a term for organisms with identical allelic forms.

False (B)

Homozygous refers to a diploid organism having different allelic forms of a gene.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are alleles?

<p>A pair of genes that controls two alternative characters.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the genotype of an organism?

<p>The genetic expression of an organism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Define phenotype.

<p>The physical or observable expression of an organism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following describes dominant characters?

<p>They express themselves in the F1 generation. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are recessive characters?

<p>They can express only when homozygous. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is F1 generation?

<p>The first filial generation produced by crossing true-breeding parental forms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does F2 generation refer to?

<p>The second filial generation produced by the self crossing of the F1 generation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

The _______ is a checkerboard that helps to study all possible results of various crosses.

<p>Punnet square</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a monohybrid cross?

<p>A cross between one pair of contrasting characters. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a dihybrid cross?

<p>A cross between two pairs of contrasting characters. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a hybrid?

<p>An organism with a heterozygous condition in its genotype.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Definitions of Key Concepts

  • Trait or Characteristic: Recognizable features in an organism, such as height in plants or skin color in humans.
  • Clone: A group of organisms sharing identical genetic traits, exemplified by a colony of bacteria.
  • Alleles: Gene pairs that determine alternative characteristics; represented as 'T' for tallness and 't' for dwarfness in plant crosses.
  • Homozygous: A genetic condition where an organism has identical alleles for a gene, indicated by 'tt' or 'TT.'
  • Heterozygous: A genetic condition with different alleles for a gene, exemplified by 'Tt.'
  • Genotype: The genetic makeup of an organism, which is not visually observable.
  • Phenotype: The physical expression of the genotype, visible traits resulting from genetic information.
  • Dominant Characters: Alleles that express themselves in the F1 generation of a genetic cross, represented by uppercase letters (e.g., 'T' for tallness).
  • Recessive Characters: Alleles not expressed in the presence of a dominant allele, shown in lowercase letters (e.g., 't' for dwarfness); only expressed in homozygous conditions.
  • F1 Generation: First filial generation from true-breeding parental cross, containing offspring with mixed traits.
  • F2 Generation: Second filial generation resulting from self-crossing of the F1 generation.
  • Punnet Square: A tool used to predict the genotypic and phenotypic outcomes of genetic crosses.
  • Monohybrid Cross: A genetic cross examining a single pair of contrasting traits, such as tall and dwarf plants.
  • Dihybrid Cross: A genetic cross involving two pairs of contrasting traits, for instance, tall red-flowered plants crossed with dwarf white-flowered plants.
  • Hybrid: An organism with a heterozygous genotype or differing genotypes and phenotypes, resulting from crossing different parental types.

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