Question | Answer |
An allele whose trait always shows up in the organism whent he allele is present | Dominant Allele |
A chart that show all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross | Punnett Square |
Genotype that has two different alleles for a trait, also called a hybrid | Heterozygouse |
The passing of physical traits from parents to offspring | Hereditary |
The scientific study of heredity | Genetics |
To predict the results of a particular event, it is a number that describes how liekly it is that a certain event will occur | Probability |
The offspring of many generations that have the same trait | Purebread |
An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations | Genotype |
The characteristics that an organizm can pass on to its offspring through its genes | Traits |
A condition in which neither of two alleles of a gene is dominant or recessive. As a result, both alleles are epressed in the offspring. (Rooster with one parent black and the other white has both colors in its feathers.) | Codominance |
The factors that controls a trait and is a segmanr of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait | Gene |
An organism that has two different alleles for a trait. An organism that is heterozygous for a particular trait | Hybrid |
Genotype that has two identical alleles for a trait (HH or hh) | Homozygous |
The joinging of a sperm and an egg, which beigns an organism's development | Fertalization |
An allele that is masked when a dominant allele is present. It will show only when no dominant allele is present | Recessive Allele |
An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits | Phenotype |
Are the different forms of genes | Alleles |