Genetics terms

describes a trait that covers up, or dominates, another form of the trait

• Dominant
• Recessive
• Co-dominance
• Heredity

Both alleles for a characteristic are the same

• Hybrid
• Heterozygous
• Homozygous
• Phenotype

Two strands twisted around each other, like a winding staircase.

• Nucleotide
• Double Helix
• Allele
• Phenotype

A type of gene that is hidden by a dominant gene.

• Dominant
• Codominant
• Recessive
• Mutation

A part of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait.

• Gene
  
• Genotype
  
• Phenotype
  
• DNA
  

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The genes an organism has for a specific trait.

• Genotype
• Phenotype
• Punnett Square
  
• Dominant Allele
  

How an organism actually looks based on a specific trait.

• Genotype
• Phenotype
• Punnett Square
  
• Dominant Allele
  

A chart that shows all the possible combinations for alleles that can result from a genetic cross.  

• Punnett Square
  
• Genotype
• Phenotype
  
• Trait
  

Having two identical alleles for a trait.

• Homozygous
  
• Heterozygous
  
• Trait
  
• Allele
  

Having two different alleles for a trait.

• Homozygous
  
• Heterozygous
  
• Trait
  
• Allele