GENETICS VOCABULARY

Instruction

Answer the riddle below by writing the letter of the appropriate definition in the blank that corresponds to the correct term.

What did one chromosome say to the other?

Answer: My genes fit perfectly

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t   a       D   d   h   d   p       D   g   g       h   d   c   D   d   r   g   h   a   
r   l       D   o   e   o   h       N   e   e       y   o   h   N   o   e   e   o   l   
a   l           m   t   m   e       A   n   n       b   m   r   A   m   c   n   m   l   
i   e           i   e   i   n           o   e       r   i   o       i   e   e   o   e   
t   l           n   r   n   o           t   s       i   n   m       n   s   s   z   l   
    e           a   o   a   t           y           d   a   o       a   s       y   e   
                n   z   n   y           p               n   s       n   i       o       
                t   y   t   p           e               t   o       t   v       u       
                    g       e           s                   m           e       s       
                    o                                       e                           
                    u                                       s                           
                    s                                                                   

DEFINITIONS

r   Structures which carry all of your genetics make-up.                                                 
y   One of two forms of a gene.                                                         
l   Genotypes with identical alleles.                                                      
n   Genotypes with different alleles.                                                      
m   Inherited                                                                        
    characteristics.                                                                 
e   Appears more often as a characteristic.                                                     
t   Distinct units which determine characteristics of                                                       
    heredity.                                                                                               
c   Masked in the presence of a dominant factor.                                                   
s   The way in which a trait is                                                               
    expressed.                                                                                
i   Combination of alleles.                                                          
p   A genotype with one dominant and one recessive allele.                                                  
g   The way two dominant alleles could be expressed.                                                     
f   The material that makes a gene.