Genetics & Heredity

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This board helps players review Genetics & Heredity through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Mendelian Laws, Non-Mendelian Traits, Chromosomal Basis, Molecular Genetics, Punnett & Pedigrees. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Mendelian Laws

    What different forms of a gene are called?

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    Alleles

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  • Non-Mendelian Traits

    When a heterozygote shows an intermediate phenotype, what pattern is this?

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    Incomplete dominance

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  • Chromosomal Basis

    What threadlike structures carry genes in the nucleus?

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    Chromosomes

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  • Molecular Genetics

    What are the building blocks of DNA called?

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    Nucleotides

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  • Punnett & Pedigrees

    What chart predicts offspring genotypes from parental alleles?

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    Punnett square

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Mendelian Laws

$100What different forms of a gene are called?
Alleles
$200Which genotype contains two identical alleles?
Homozygous
$300Which law states allele pairs separate during gamete formation?
Law of Segregation
$400Which law explains that allele pairs for different genes assort independently?
Law of Independent Assortment
$500In a monohybrid cross of two heterozygotes, what phenotypic ratio results?
3:1

Non-Mendelian Traits

$100When a heterozygote shows an intermediate phenotype, what pattern is this?
Incomplete dominance
$200When both alleles are fully expressed in a heterozygote, what is this called?
Codominance
$300ABO blood type inheritance is an example of what allele system?
Multiple alleles
$400A gene whose expression masks another gene's effect shows what interaction?
Epistasis
$500Traits encoded on the X chromosome are described by what term?
X-linked

Chromosomal Basis

$100What threadlike structures carry genes in the nucleus?
Chromosomes
$200What process during meiosis I increases genetic variation by exchanging DNA?
Crossing over
$300What position on a chromosome is a gene’s specific location?
Locus
$400Genes that are close together on the same chromosome are described how?
Linked
$500Failure of chromosomes to separate properly during meiosis is called what?
Nondisjunction

Molecular Genetics

$100What are the building blocks of DNA called?
Nucleotides
$200Which base pairs with adenine in DNA?
Thymine
$300Which enzyme synthesizes RNA from a DNA template?
RNA polymerase
$400What three-letter sequence on mRNA specifies an amino acid?
Codon
$500What is the flow of genetic information summarized by 'DNA → RNA → protein' called?
Central dogma

Punnett & Pedigrees

$100What chart predicts offspring genotypes from parental alleles?
Punnett square
$200A cross between an unknown genotype and a homozygous recessive is called what?
Test cross
$300In a dihybrid cross of two heterozygotes, what phenotypic ratio is expected?
9:3:3:1
$400In a pedigree, what does a half-shaded circle typically represent?
Carrier female
$500Who cannot be a carrier for an X-linked recessive trait?
Males

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