Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. dominant
A. Anything that contributes causally to a result (plural)
2. identical
B. A group of organisms sharing a specific genetic constitution
3. meiosis
C. To reproduce or make an exact copy of
4. recessive
D. The fifth note of the diatonic scale
5. mitosis
E. Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual
6. environment
F. Any event that changes genetic structure
7. mutation
G. What an organism looks like as a consequence of the interaction of its genotype and the environment
8. mendel
H. Of or relating to a ___ or society of usually men
9. generation
I. The branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
10. phenotype
J. Understatement for rhetorical effect
11. bases
K. Cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes
12. factors
L. A long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like
13. zygote
M. Bottom part something stands on; a safe spot in baseball (plural)
14. fraternal
N. Being the exact same one
15. replicate
O. An allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical
16. gene
P. An animal that produces gametes that can fertilize female gametes
17. reproduction
Q. The biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next
18. genetics
R. The process of generating offspring
19. traits
S. All the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
20. pollination
T. A segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain
21. genotype
U. The diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum
22. DNA
V. The natural world around us
23. male
W. Transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant
24. heredity
X. A distinguishing feature of your personal nature (plural)