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Chapter 5 Section 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Heredity | The passing of traits from parents to offspring |
| Genetics | The scientific study of heredity |
| Fertilization | The joining of a sperm and an egg |
| Purebred | The offspring of many generations that have the same traits |
| Gene | The set of information that controls a trait; a segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait |
| Alleles | The different forms of a gene |
| Dominant Adele | An allele whose train always shows up in the organism when the allele is present |
| Ressive Allele | An allele that is masked when a dominant allele is present |
| Hybrid | An organism that has two different alleles for a trait; an organism that is heterogeneous for a particular trait |
| Trait | A characteristic that an organism pass on through its genes |