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4.1 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| heredity | passing of traits from parents to offspring |
| tarit | characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes |
| genetics | scientific study of heredity |
| fertilization | process in which an egg cell and a sperm cell join to form a new organism |
| purebred | the offspring of many generations that have the same traits |
| gene | set of information that controls a trait, a segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for specific trait |
| allele | different forms of gene |
| dominant gene | a gene whose trait always shows up in the organism when allele is present |
| recessive trait | gene that is masked when a dominant allele is present |
| hybrid | organism that has two different allele for trait, and organism that is heterozygous for a particular trait |
| probability | number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur |
| punnett square | chart that shows all The possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic crosss |
| phenotype | organism physical appearance, or visible traits |
| genotype | organism genetic makeup, or allele combinations |
| homozygous dominant | having two dominant alleles for a trait |
| homozygous recessive | having two recessive alleles for a trait |
| heterozygous | having two different alleles for a trait |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid |
| codominance | condition in which neither of two alleles of a gene is dominant or recessive |