1. Vocabulary Review
GENETICS

2. Study of how characteristics are transmitted from parent to offspring
GENETICS

3. The father of genetics
GREGOR MENDEL

4. Physical feature determined by the genotype
PHENOTYPE

5. Plant used by Mendel for his hereditary studies
GARDEN PEAS

6. Transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring
HEREDITY

7. A genetically determined characteristic
TRAIT

8. Stronger of two alleles that shows up most often
DOMINANT

9. Transferring pollen grains from anthers to the stigma of flowers
POLLINATION

10. Having identical alleles (AA or aa)
HOMOZYGOUS

11. Another term for a heterozygous genotype
HYBRID

12. Law stating that a pair of alleles will separate whenever gametes are formed
LAW OF SEGREGATION

13. F1 Dihybrid phenotypic ratio
9:3:3:1

14. A genotype having one dominant and one recessive allele
HETEROZYGOUS

15. LAW OF INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT
Law stating that alleles separate independently of each other when sperm and eggs are formed
LAW OF INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT

16. F1 Monohybrid Phenotypic ratio
3:1

17. The generation of true-breeding plants that Mendel used first
P1 GENERATION

18. Two forms of a gene
ALLELES

19. Instructions on DNA that code for specific proteins or traits
GENES

20. The weaker of two alleles in a pair that is often masked by the dominant allele
RECESSIVE

21. Gene combination in the offspring
GENOTYPE

22. Dominance that occurs whenever both alleles for a trait are expressed
CODOMINANCE

23. Type of letter used to represent a dominant allele
CAPITAL

24. The likelihood that an event will occur like tossing heads or tails on a coin
PROBABILITY

25. Cross involving two traits
DIHYBRID

26. Dominance that occurs whenever the hybrid genotype produces a new, intermediate phenotype
INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE

27. Used to solve genetics problems
PUNNETT SQUARE

28. Generation of all hybrids produced by crossing two pure organisms
F1 GENERATION

29. Genetic cross involving a single trait
MONOHYBRID

30. Type of dominance in which the dominant allele is always expressed
COMPLETE DOMINANCE

31. Generation that shows a 3:1 ratio of phenotypes
F2 GENERATION