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2b1 heredity
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| genetic | study of how traits are passed from parent to offspring |
| heredity inherited | passing of traits from parent to offspring |
| trait | trait you get from your parents though your genes |
| 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) |
| punnett square | diagram used to predict genotypes of offspring |
| probabillity | likelihood or chance of something happining |
| purebred | two identical alleles BB bb |
| hybrid | two different alleles Bb |
| ratio | tells how many of one thing in campairison to another |
| mutated | DNA that has undergone a change |
| Gregor mendall | father of genetics |
| homozygous | 2 identical alleles BB bb purebreed |
| heterozygous | two different allleles Bb hybrid |
| pedigree | diagram shows how a trait is passed through several generations of a family. |