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2b1 heredity
vocabe
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Genetics | study of how traits are passed from parent to offspring |
| Herdity | passing of traits from parent to offspring |
| Inherited | trait you get from your parents through your genes |
| Trait | specific characteristic 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 in capital letters |
| Recessive | allele that is hidden in lowercase letters |
| Genotype | genetics (BB,Bb) |
| Phenotype | physical (blue eyes) |
| Punnett Square | diagram used to predict genotypes of offspring |
| Probability | likelihood or chance of something happening |
| purebred | two identical alleles (BB,bb) |
| Hybrid | two different alleles (Bb) |
| Ratio | tells how many of one thing in comparison to another |
| Mutated | DNA that has undergone a change |
| Gregor Mendall | Father of Genetics |
| Homozygous | 2 identical alleles (BB,bb) aurebred |
| Heterozygous | 2 different alleles (Bb) Hybrid |
| Pedigree | diagram shows how a treit is passed through several generations of a family |