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Gemnitics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Heredity | Is the passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring. |
| Trait | A Form of a different of biological characteristic such as same height or seed color. |
| Fertilization | new organism begins to form when egg or sperm join in the process. |
| purebred | An organism of the offspring of many erations that have the same trait . |
| Alleles | Different forms of a gene. |
| Dominant Allele | A trait that always shows up in the organism when the allele is present. |
| Recessive Allele | Hidden whenever the the dominant allele is present. |
| Hybird | organism has two different alleles for a trait. |
| gene | Factors that control a trait. |
| Probability | A number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur |
| Punnett Square | A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross. |
| Phenotype | An organisms physical appearance or visible traits. |
| Genotype | Genetic Makeup,or allele combinations. |
| Homozygous | A organism that has two identical alleles for a trait. |
| Heterozygous | An organism that has two different alleles for a trait. |
| Codominance | Some alleles that has an inheritance pattern. |
| Meiosis | Is the process by which the number of chromosomes is reduced by half to form sex calls , sperm and eggs |
| Messenger RNA | Copies the coded message from the DNA in the nucleus |
| Transfer RNA | Carries amino acids to the ribosome and adds. |
| MUtation | Any change in a gene or chromosome |