Genetics Vocabulary

Passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring

• Heredity
• Genetics
• Alleles
• Homozygous

A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes

• Gene
• Genetics
• Trait
• Alleles

The factor that controls a trait.

• Genetics
• Allele
• Trait
• Gene

The different forms of a gene

• Homozygous
• Heterozygous
• Allele
• Dominant 

An allele whose trait always shows up in an organism when that allele is present

• Allele
• Dominant Allele
• Recessive Allele
• Trait

An allele that is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present

• Dominant Allele
• Recessive Allele
• Trait
• Gene

An organism's physical appearance

• Homozygous
• Genotype
• Heterozygous
• Phenotype

An organism's genetic makeup

• Homozygous
• Genotype
• Phenotype
• Heterozygous

Having two identical alleles for a trait

• Homozygous
• Heterozygous
• Dominant Allele
• Recessive Allele

Having two different alleles for a trait

• Homozygous
• Heterozygous
• Dominant Allele
• Recessive Allele