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Vocab section 3-1
science vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Trait | a characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes |
| Heredity | the passing traits from paarents to offspring |
| Genetics | the study of heredity |
| Purebred | an organism that always produces offspring with the same form of trait as the parent |
| Gene | a segment of dna on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait |
| Allele | the different forms of genes |
| Dominant Allele | an allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present |
| Recessive Allele | an allele that is masked when a dominant allele is present |
| Hybrid | an organism that has two different allels for a trait |
| Probability | the likelihood that a particular event will occur |