Genetics Vocabulary

section of DNA on a chromosome that contains instructions for making specific proteins

• DNA
• trait
• allele
• gene

the passing of traits from parents to offspring

• allele
• heredity
• genotype
• hybrid

the different forms of a trait that a gene may have

• allele
• heredity
• chromosome
• trait

a structure in the nucleus that contains hereditary material

• gene
• chromosomes
• allele
• heredity

contains information for an organism's growth and function

• allele
• gene
• DNA
• heredity

DNA stands for

• Deoxygen Neutral Acids
• Did Not Attend
• Does Not Apply
• deoxyribonucleic acid

a trait that covers over, or dominates, another form of that trait

• dominant
• recessive
• traits
• heredity

the study of how traits are inherited through the interactions of alleles

• DNA
• chromosomes
• heredity
• genetics

the genetic makeup of an organism

• genotype
• phenotype

describes an organism with two different alleles for a trait

• homozygous
• heterozygous
• genetics
• genes