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| the union of sex cells (female and male)that produces offspring that share traits from both parents this creates genetic diversity among organisms |
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| the passing of genetic traits from both parent to offspring |
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| a trait that can be seen if one or more dominant genes are present (capital letters) |
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| a trait that is only visible when both genes are recessive, but it is hidden behind a dominant trait if a dominant gene is present |
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| the study of how traits are inherited through the actions of alleles |
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| section of DNA than holds hereditary information |
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| one of the alternative forms of a gene that determines a characteristic, such as hair color |
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| describes a trait that has TWO DIFFERENT ALLELES. (Aa) |
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| describes a trait that has TWO OF THE SAME ALLELES. (AA) |
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| an offspring that was given identical genetic information for a traits from each parent. a purebred trait can be AA or aa |
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| an organisms appearance or physical characteristics. this is a trait that you can see without knowing their genetic make up |
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| the likelihood that a possible future event will occur in any given instance of the event |
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| a tool use to predict ate probability of certain traits in offspring that sows the different ways alleles can combine |
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| the entire genetic makeup of an organism;also the combination of genes for one or more specific traits (Aa) |
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| an offspring that was given different genetic information from each parent for a trait. a hybrid trait would be Aa |
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| a phenotype that appears in offspring which is different from either of the parents. traits do NOT mix. |
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