Punnett square vocabulary

Front

Characteristics that are passed on from one living to its offspring (children).

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traits

Front

Alleles paired together for a specific trait are identical/same

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Homozygous

Front

When one allele mask/hides the presence of another, the allele is ___. It is written using a capital letter.

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dominant

Front

An allele that is masked/hidden by another is ___. It is written using a lower case letter.

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Recessive

Front

All the forms of a gene for any given trait

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Alleles

Front

A tool used to determine the probable genotypes of offspring (children) of two parents

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Punnett square

Front

The study of heredity and how traits are inherited.

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Genetics

Front

the physical make-up of an organism

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phenotype

Front

The genetic make-up of an organism

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genotype

Front

Alleles paired together that are different from each other.

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heterozygous