Genetics Notes

______includes one parent and the offspring is ______to the parent. ______includes two parents and the offspring looks like ______parents. ______is the reproduction of all cells except ______cells. Sex cells reproduce in a process called ______. Genetic traits like tongue rolling, attached earlobes, and widow’s peak are determined by ______.

The genes of ______may be ______over the genes of the ______.

This explains why a child usually looks like the parent who supplies the most ______.

An ______is an ______of a gene.

For example: Dimple gene → there is one version (allele) for ______Dimple gene → there is another version (allele) for ______

Alphabets or ______are used to represent the different alleles. ______alleles are ______case: ______alleles are ______case: ______

One ______or version of a gene comes from ______. The ______of alleles determines the offspring’s ______. For example: ______- D ______- d Child genotype ______When ______alleles are ______(DD) or ______(dd), this is a ______. Homozygous examples: ______

When ______allele is ______and the other allele is ______(Dd), this is a ______. Heterozygous examples: ______

______explains what the genotype looks like. It’s the ______characteristic. For Example: _____ has a ______that ______has a ______that ______has a ______that ______

The passing (transmission) of characteristics from ______is called ______.

The ______is ______, a monk whose ______of genetic traits was the beginning of our ______about ______.

Mendel designed ______using ______in the monastery garden.

A ______is called a ______

Mendel ______in peas.

______allele is represented by a ______letter (usually the first letter of the trait) ______allele is represented by the SAME ______letter. EX: Tall = ______Short =______

When both alleles in the pair are the ______, the organism is ______or ______

EX: ____ or ___

When both alleles in the pair are ______, the organism is ______or ______

Ex: ____

The ______of an organism is its ______

The ______of an organism is its ______

______go at top and on left side

Boxes show ______

1. Figure out______parent alleles ______2. Choose ______Punnett ______size 3. Put in ______parent gametes 4. Fill in ______offspring combinations 5. ______probabilities ______phenotypes ______genotypes