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4.1 Vocabulary
4.1 Vocabulary Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Heredity | passing of physical characteristics from parent to offspring |
| Trait | each different form of a characteristics, such as stem height or seed color |
| Fertilization | a new organism begins to form when egg and sperm join in the process |
| Gentics | the scientific study of heredity |
| Purebred | the offspring of many generations that have the same trait |
| Gene | factors that control a trait |
| Alleles | 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 is present |
| Hybrid | organism that has two different allele for a trait |