Genetics Vocab

diagram that is used to predict an outcome of a particular cross or breeding experiment

• dihybrid cross
• punnett square
• gene
• t chart 

unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring

• chromosome 
• gene
• allele
• DNA

one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.

• gene
• chromosome
• allele
• DNA

containing TWO complete sets of chromosomes, one from each parent.

• haploid
• diploid
• heterozygous
• homozygous

having a single set of unpaired chromosomes

• haploid
• diploid
• heterozygous
• homozygous

the set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment

• chromosome
• genome
• phenotype
• physical type

the genetic constitution of an individual organism.

• genotype
• phenotype
• gene
• chromosome

an allele that masks the traits of another allele

• diploid
• haploid
• recessive
• dominant

an allele that is masked by another allele

• diploid
• haploid
• dominant
• recessive

individual has two of the same allele ex BB

• diploid
• heterozygous
• haploid
• homozygous