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herediy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| genetics | study of how traits are passed from parent to offspring |
| heredity | passing of traits you get from parent to offspring |
| inherited | trait you get from your through your gens |
| trait | specific charcistics or feature of an organism |
| gene | section of DNA that helps determine a trait |
| allele | type of gene |
| dominat | allele that is shown |
| recessive | allele that is hidden |
| genotype | genetics |
| phenotype | physical |
| punnet square | diagram used to predict genotype of offspring |
| probalitty | likelihood or chance of something happeing |
| purebred | two identical alleles |
| hybrid | two different alleses |
| ratio | tells how many of one thing in compassion |
| mutated | DNA that has underage a change |
| Gregor Mendel | father of gentics |
| homozygous | 2 identical alleles |
| hererozgous | 2 different alleses |
| pedigree | diagram shows how a trait is passed through several generations of a family |