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2b1-heredity
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Genetics | Study of how traits are passed from parent to offspring |
| Heredity | Passing of traits from parent to offspring |
| Inherdited | Trait you get from your parent through genes |
| Trait | Specific chararistic or feature of an organism |
| Gene | section of DNA that helps determine a trait ( hair color) |
| Allele | type of gene (brown hair) |
| Dominant | allele that is shown ; capital letter |
| recessive | allele that is hidden; lowercase letter |
| Genotype | genetics (BB,bb) |
| Phenotype | physical (blue eyes) |
| Punnet Square | diagram used to predict genotypes of offspring |
| Probability | likelihood or chance of smth happening |
| Purebred | two identical alleles |
| Hybrid | two different alleles |
| Ratio | tells how many of one thing in comparision to another |
| Mutated | DNA that has undergone a change |
| Gregor mendall | father of genetics |
| Homozygouse | 2 identical alleles (BB,bb) |
| heterozygouse | 2 different alleles (Bb) |
| Pedigree | shows how a trait are passed through several generations of a family |