Bio Quiz Tomorrow

True-breeding

If you cross a plant with itself, it will produce a plant that looks like itself.

Hybridization

The mating of two true-breeding varieties.

Gene

Discrete factor of inheritance.

Locus

A gene’s specific location along the length of the chromosome.

Allele

Alternative type of a gene (A, a).

Genotype

The two alleles that an organism has for a particular gene.

Homozygous

Have two of the same alleles for a gene (AA, aa).

Heterozygous

Have two different alleles for a gene (Aa).

Phenotype

The physical appearance of the organism due to the genotype.

Wild-type

The most commonly observed phenotype in nature; “normal.“

Dominant Phenotype

The trait that you see in the heterozygote.

Recessive Phenotype

The trait that you don’t see in the heterozygote.