Punnett Square Vocabulary

Front

Different alleles for a trait--Bb

Back

Heterozygous

Front

BB

Back

Homozygous Dominant

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Front

A trait that gets covered up, represented by a lower case letter--b

Back

Recessive

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Front

A trait that covers up another trait, represented by capital letter--B

Back

Dominant

Front

Physical appearance, how it looks--Black, brown

Back

Phenotype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Front

The genetic makeup of an organism, represented by letters--BB, Bb, bb

Back

Genotype

Front

An organism with two identical alleles for a trait--bb or BB

Back

Homozygous

Front

An organism with two different alleles for a trait--Bb

Back

Heterozygous

Front

The observable characteristics of an organism, such as color or height

Back

Phenotype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

Front

The specific location of a gene on a chromosome

Back

Locus