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Diversity 1.1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Heredity | The passing of traits from parents to offspring. |
| Dominant Allele | An allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present. |
| recessive allele | An allele that is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present |
| Probability | A number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur |
| Genotype | An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations. |
| Phenotype | An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits. |
| Homozygous | Having the same genotype, HH or hh |
| Heterozygous | Having a different genotype, Hh |
| gene | a section of DNA |
| Allele | The traits that can be found on the gene, either dominant or recessive |