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Mendels Work 4.1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| heredity | passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring |
| trait | different form of a characteristic |
| genetics | the study of heredity |
| purebred | is the offspring of many generations that have the same trait |
| alleles | different forms of a gene |
| dominant | trait that always shows up in the organism when present |
| recessive | trait that is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present |
| gene | factors that control a trait |
| hybrid | organism that has two different alleles for a trait |
| Gregor Mendel | Father of Genetics |
| probablity | how likely it is that an event will occur |
| punnett square | a chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross |
| genotype | genetic makeup or allele combinations |
| phenotype | physical appearance or visible traits |
| codominance | both alleles are expressed in the offspring, the alleles are neither dominant nor recessive |