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Heredity
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Genetics | study of how traits are passed from parent to offspring |
| Heredity | 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 ; 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 |
| Probability | Likelihood or chance of something happening |
| purebred | two identical alleles (BB,bb) |
| Hybird | two different alleles (Bb) |
| Ratio | tells how many of one thing in comparisons to another |
| mutated | DNA that has undergone a change |
| Greogor mendall | Father of genetics |
| homozygous | 2 identical alleles (BB,bb) purebred |
| Heterozgous | 2 different Alleles (Bb) hybrid |
| Pedigree | Diagram shows how a trait passed, through several generations of a family |