GENETICS AND INHERITANCE QUESTIONS WITH 100%CORRECT ANSWERS|VERIFIED|LATEST UPDATE 2025

GENETICS AND INHERITANCE QUESTIONS WITH
100%CORRECT ANSWERS|VERIFIED|LATEST UPDATE 2025!!



Purebred/Homozygous - CORRECT ANSWERS-An organism that has two of the SAME alleles for a
gene (XX or xx)



incomplete dominance - CORRECT ANSWERS-A pattern of inheritance in which two alleles,
inherited from the parents, are neither dominant nor recessive. The resulting offspring have a phenotype
that is a blending of the parental traits.



Codominance - CORRECT ANSWERS-Situation in which both alleles of a gene contribute to the
phenotype of the organism



Non-Mandelian genetics - CORRECT ANSWERS-Inheritance patterns that express incomplete
dominance



polygenic traits - CORRECT ANSWERS-characteristics that are influenced by more than one pair
of genes



trait - CORRECT ANSWERS-A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through
its genes.



amino acid - CORRECT ANSWERS-Building blocks of protein



peptide - CORRECT ANSWERS-short chain of amino acids



protein - CORRECT ANSWERS-An organic compound that is made of one or more chains of
amino acids and that is a principal component of all cells



physical characteristic - CORRECT ANSWERS-a physical feature of an object