Question

complete each sentence to assess your knowledge of mendels model of the hereditary process.

1. parents transmit information about traits to their offspring in units called click to select
2. a diploid individual contains two alternative forms, or click to select, for each gene.
3. if the two alleles are the same, the individual is said to be click to select; if the two alleles are different, the individual is said to be click to select
4. the particular alleles that an individual has are the individuals click to select, whereas the appearance of an individual is called its click to select
5. mendel observed that alleles can be dominant or click to select, and the click to select allele typically masks the expression of the other allele.

Explanation:

1. In Mendelian genetics, parents pass on traits to offspring via genes.
2. Diploid organisms have two alternative forms (alleles) for each gene.
3. When alleles are identical, an individual is homozygous; when different, heterozygous.
4. The genetic makeup of an individual is genotype, and its physical appearance is phenotype.
5. Alleles can be dominant or recessive, with the dominant allele masking the recessive one.

Answer:

1. genes
2. alleles
3. homozygous; heterozygous
4. genotype; phenotype
5. recessive; dominant