Introduction to Genetics
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
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d
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The biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next
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s
The branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
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r
A distinguishing feature of your personal nature
4.
h
r
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An organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock
5.
g
n
A segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain
6.
a
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Either of a pair of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular
7.
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o
m
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The fifth note of the diatonic scale
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e
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An allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical
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y
p
What an organism looks like as a consequence of the interaction of its genotype and the environment
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n
p
A group of organisms sharing a specific genetic constitution
11.
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z
y
Having identical alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci
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r
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y
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s
Having dissimilar alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci
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s
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g
r
o
The separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear
15.
h
l
o
An organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes
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d
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p
An organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell
17.
m
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Understatement for rhetorical effect
18.
c
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The interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis
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p
l
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Not complete or total
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c
Of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once