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Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| dominant alleles | Upper case letter |
| recessive alleles | Lower case letter |
| heredity | the passing of traits form parents to offspring |
| genetics | the scientific study of heredity |
| purebreed | an organism the always produces offspring with the same from of a trait as the parent |
| genes | a segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait |
| alleles | the different forms of a gene |
| homozygous | having 2 same alleles for a trait |
| heterozygous | having 2 different alleles for a trait |