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Understanding Heredity and Genetics: Key Concepts and Terminology

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This chapter explores the fundamental concepts of heredity and genetics, focusing on the transmission of traits from parents to offspring, known as heredity. Key terms include alleles, genotype, phenotype, and Punnett squares, which illustrate genetic combinations. The chapter covers dominant and recessive alleles, heterozygous and homozygous traits, and the impact of polygenic inheritance. Additionally, it introduces concepts like genetic engineering and the historical significance of Gregor Mendel in the field of genetics.

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Understanding Heredity and Genetics: Key Concepts and Terminology

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  1. Chapter 5 Review

  2. The passing of traits from parents to offspring is called ______.

  3. heredity

  4. The different forms of a trait that a gene may have are called _____.

  5. alleles

  6. The study of how traits are inherited is the science of _____.

  7. genetics

  8. In a Punnet square, the letters stand for ______. • A. dominant alleles • B. recessive alleles • C. both a and b • D. neither a nor b

  9. C

  10. The genetic makeup of an organism is called its _____.

  11. genotype

  12. The way an organism looks and behaves as a result of its genetic makeup is called its _____.

  13. phenotype

  14. In a Punnett square, a capital letter (T) stands for a _____ allele.

  15. dominant

  16. The combination Tt represents a _____ genotype. • A. heterozygous • B. homozygous • C. purebred • D. recessive

  17. A

  18. Experiments with four o’clock flowers produced examples of _____ dominance.

  19. incomplete

  20. Blood type is an example of ______. • A. multiple alleles • B. a pair of genes • C. polygenic inheritance • D. sex-linked genes

  21. A

  22. Color blindness is an example of _____. • A. a sex-linked disorder • B. incomplete dominance • C. a genetic disorder • D. polygenic inheritance

  23. A

  24. Genetic engineering has already helped people by _____. • A. altering pedigrees • B. curing Down’s syndrome • C. eliminating infant deaths • D. producing medicine

  25. D

  26. Through recombinant DNA, scientist have been able to _____. • A. cure color blindness • B. create new breeds of dogs • C. alter viruses • D. improve tomatoes

  27. D

  28. Who is known as the father of genetics?

  29. Gregor Mendel

  30. Organisms that receive different alleles from each parent are called _____.

  31. hybrids

  32. What term describes an organism with two alleles that are the same?

  33. homozygous

  34. What term describes an organism with two different alleles for a trait?

  35. heterozygous

  36. What term describes a group of gene pairs acting together to produce a trait?

  37. polygenic inheritance

  38. Errors occurring in the DNA when it is copied inside a cell are called _____.

  39. mutations

  40. The passing of traits from parents to offspring is called _____.

  41. heredity

  42. The different forms of a trait that a gene may have are called _____.

  43. alleles

  44. In a Punnett square, the letters stand for ______ and _____ alleles.

  45. dominant, recessive

  46. The genetic makeup of an organism is called its _____.

  47. genotype

  48. The way an organism looks and behaves as a result of its genetic makeup is called its _____.

  49. phenotype

  50. Vocabulary • passing of traits from one generation to another

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