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The history of a family trait and the way it has been inherited can be charted in a ____________________.
a) pedigree
b) trait
c) Gregor Mendel
d) sperm cell

A trait that is masked or covered by another trait...
a) carrier
b) gene
c) dominant
d) recessive

Behavior that is inherited...
a) dominant
b) recessive
c) instinct
d) gene

Contains the chemical instructions for an inherited trait...
a) dominant
b) gene
c) heredity
d) instinct

A trait that an offspring receives from its parents...
a) inherited
b) pedigree
c) carrier
d) recessive

The passing down of traits from one generation to the next...
a) dominant
b) recessive
c) inherited
d) heredity

A trait that masks another trait...
a) recessive
b) gene
c) dominant
d) pedigree

Chart used to trace the history of traits in a family...
a) inherited
b) pedigree
c) heredity
d) gene

Individual who has inherited a gene for a trait, but does not show the trait physically...
a) carrier
b) recessive
c) dominant
d) pedigree

Mendel’s factors are stored on the ___________________ inside the nucleus of cells.
a) trait
b) chromosomes
c) heredity
d) genes

An Austrian monk,_____________________, discovered how traits are inherited.
a) heredity
b) Gregor Mendel
c) chromosomes
d) genes

The passing down of traits from parents to offspring is called _________________.
a) pedigree
b) sperm cell
c) heredity
d) inherited

Offspring receive one set of genes from an egg cell and the other from the ______________________ that fertilized the egg cell.
a) heredity
b) genes
c) chromosomes
d) sperm cell

Today, Mendel’s factors are called ___________________.
a) genes
b) trait
c) pedigree
d) instincts

Some traits, such as hair color or eye color, are physical traits. Other inherited traits are behavioral and are called _________________________.
a) instincts
b) chromosomes
c) Gregor Mendel
d) heredity

Any notable feature of an organism is called a(an) _______________.
a) trait
b) genes
c) chromosomes
d) pedigree

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