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Heredity
| 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 parent through you genes |
| Trait | Specific characteristics 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 hidden ; 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 ) |
| Hybrid | Two different alleles ( Bb ) |
| Ratio | Tells how many of one thing in comparison of another |
| Mutated | DNA that has undergone a change |
| Gregor Mendall | Father of genetics |
| Homozygous | 2 identical alleles ( BB, bb ) purebred |
| Heterozygous | 2 different alleles ( Bb ) hybrid |
| Pedigree | Diagram shows how a trait is passed through several generations of a family |