Lab Report Questions - Color Blindness, Pedigree Analysis, Blood Typing, and Bacterial Transformation

Vocabulary flashcards covering genetics and experimental procedures from a lab report, including color blindness genotypes, pedigree analysis, blood typing, and bacterial transformation.

What is Xc Y?

The genotype of a colorblind male.

What is a carrier female?

A female who carries the colorblindness allele but is not colorblind herself.

What is a Punnett square?

A diagram used to predict the genotypes and phenotypes of offspring from a genetic cross.

What is Autosomal Recessive?

Mode of inheritance where the affected gene is on a non-sex chromosome and requires two copies of the recessive allele to display the trait.

What is Autosomal Dominant?

Mode of inheritance where the affected gene is on a non-sex chromosome and only one copy of the dominant allele is needed to display the trait.

What is X-Linked Recessive?

Mode of inheritance where the affected gene is located on the X chromosome.

What is Blood Typing?

A method to determine an individual's blood type based on the presence or absence of certain antigens.

What is a plasmid?

A small, circular DNA molecule that replicates independently of the bacterial chromosome.

What is Bacterial Transformation?

A process by which bacterial cells take up foreign DNA, resulting in genetic change.

What is a genotype?

The genetic makeup of an organism.

What is a phenotype?

the set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.