Genetic Inheritance (Leaving Cert Biology): Quizzes
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What is genetics the study of?
What is genetics the study of?
Inheritance of traits
What is cell continuity?
What is cell continuity?
Cells dividing & surviving generations
What is fertilisation?
What is fertilisation?
Fusion of two haploid gametes
What does fertilisation produce?
What does fertilisation produce?
A diploid zygote
What is an allele?
What is an allele?
A different form of the same gene
What is a locus?
What is a locus?
Position of a gene on a chromosome
What does homozygous mean?
What does homozygous mean?
Two alleles are the same
What does heterozygous mean?
What does heterozygous mean?
Two alleles are different
What is a dominant allele?
What is a dominant allele?
Masks the effect of recessive allele
What is a genotype?
What is a genotype?
Genetic make-up of an organism
If B is dominant for brown eyes, what phenotype does Bb have?
If B is dominant for brown eyes, what phenotype does Bb have?
Brown eyes
How is a dominant allele represented?
How is a dominant allele represented?
Capital letter