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Chapter 8.sec.'s 3&4
biology-principles and explorations
| Word | definition |
|---|---|
| Punnett Square | diagram used by biologists to predict the probable outcome of a genetic cross |
| test cross | a genetic cross of an individual whose phenotype is dominant but whose genotype is unknown, with a homozygous recessive individual |
| probability | the likelihood that a specific event will occur |
| pedigree | family history that shows how a trait is inherited over several generations |
| sex-linked traits | traits that are determined by a gene found on the X chromosome |
| polygenic trait | characteristic of an organism that is influenced by several genes |
| incomplete dominance | condition in which a trait in an individual is intermediate between the phenotype of its two parents |
| codominance | condition in which both alleles are expressed when present |
| multiple alleles | the existance of more than two alleles for a genetic trait |