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2b1 heridity
VOCAB
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| genetics | study of how traits are passed from parents to offsprings |
| heredity | passing of traits from parent to offspring |
| inherited | trait you get from your parents through your genes |
| trait | specific chromosomes or features of an organism |
| gene | section of DNA that helps determine a trait (hair color) |
| allele | type of gene (brown hair) |
| dominate | allele that is shown ; capital letter |
| recessive | allele that is hidden |
| genotype | genetics (bb, Bb) |
| phenotype | physical (blue eyes) |
| punnet square | diagram used to predict genotypes of offsprings |
| probability | like hood or chance of something happening |
| purebred | 2 identical alleles |
| hybrid | 2 different alleles |
| ratio | tells how many of one thing is compared to another |
| mutated | DNA that has undergone a change |
| Gregor Mendel | father of genetics |
| homozygouse | 2 identical alleles |
| heterozygouse | 2 different alleles |
| pedigree | diagram shows how a trait is passed through several generations of family |