Genetics Vocabulary

The scientific study of heredity is known as

• Trait
• Genetics
• Biology
• Allele

The process in sexual reproduction in which sex cells join to form a new cell.

• Meiosis
• Allele
• Fertilization
• Gene

A specific Characteristic of an individual

• Allele
• Trait
• Gene
• Homozygous

The father of genetics is

• Mendel
• Darwin
• Aristotle
• Marcin

A factor that is passed from parent to offspring

• Gene
• Allele
• Heterozygous
• Phenotype

One of a number of different forms of a gene.

• Allele
• Gene
• Heterozygous
• Punnett Square

States that some alleles are dominant and others are recessive

• Probability
• Genetics
• Principle of dominance
• Codominance

Sex cells

• Allele
• Gametes
• Genes
• DNA

The likelihood that a particular event will occur

• Punnett Square
• Homozygous
• Probability
• Genotype

Having two identical alleles for a particular gene.

• Heterozygous
• Genotype
• Homozygous
• Codominance