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Genetics
These are 21 vocab words from page 110B.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Heredity | The passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring. |
| Trait | Each different form of a characteristic. |
| Genetics | The scientific study of heredity. |
| Fertilization | When a new organism begins to form when egg and sperm join together. |
| Purebred | The offspring of many generations that have the same trait. |
| Gene | The factors that control a trait. |
| Alleles | Are different forms of a gene. |
| Dominant Allele | One whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present. |
| Recessive Allele | Is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present. |
| Hybrid | Has two different alleles for a trait. |
| Probability | To predict the results of a particular event. |
| Punnett Square | A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross. |
| Phenotype | An organism's physical appearance, or vibrant traits. |
| Genotype | An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations. |
| Homozygous | An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait. |
| Heterozygous | An organism that has two different alleles for a trait. |
| Codominance | An inheritance pattern with neither dominate nor recessive alleles. |
| Meiosis | The process by which the number of chromosomes is reduced by half to form sex cells. |
| Messenger RNA | Carries the massage to the ribosome in the cytoplasm. |
| Transfer RNA | Carries amino acids to the ribosome and adds them to the growing protein. |
| Mutation | Any change in a gene or chromosome. |