1). The term ______ refers to the outward expression of a trait, either physically, microscopically,
or metabolically.
Ans: Phenotype
2). The phenotype of an organizsm is determined by which ______ their chromosomes possess
for a specific trait.
Ans: alleles
3). This set of alleles is referred to as the organizsm's ______.
Ans: Genotype
4). Genes are located on ______ each chromosome contains one allele for each gene at a site
called the gene's ______.
Ans: chromosomes, locus
5). For diploid organisms, each cell contains ______ alleles for each trait, one allele on a
chromosome from the mother and the other on a chromosome from the father.
Ans: two
6). Chromosomes carry genes from parent to offspring and are distributed to gametes during
______ each gamete receives one copy of each chromosome and therefore one allele for
each ______.
Ans: meiosis, gene
7). When viewing a dominant phenotype, the ______ can be unknown.
Ans: genotype
8). A dominant phenotype can be either homozygous dominant or ______.
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, Ans: Heterozygous
9). A _________ can determine the genotype of a dominant phenotype.
Ans: testcross
10). By mating the unknown dominant organism with a homozygous ____________ organism, the
genotype can be determined from the offspring.
Ans: recessive
11). If the unknown organism is homozygous dominant, all offspring will be ________.
Ans: dominant
12). If the unknown is a heterozygote, there can be phenotypically ________ individuals in the
offspring.
Ans: recessive
13). Parents transmit information about traits to their offspring in units called ____.
Ans: Genes
14). A diploid individual contains two alternative forms, or ______, for each gene.
Ans: Alleles
15). If the two alleles are the same, the individual is said to be ________, if the two alleles are
different, the individual is said to be __________.
Ans: Homozygous, heterozygous
16). The particular alleles that an individual has are the individual's ______, whereas the
appearance of an individual is called it's _________.
Ans: Genotype, phenotype
17). Mendel observed the alleles can be dominant or ______, and the ______ allele typically masks
the expression of the other allele.
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