Genetics Vocab

different forms of a gene

• alleles
• carrier
• trait
• genetics

an organism that has one recessive allele for a trait, but the trait does not show up in the organism's phenotype since only the dominant trait is seen

• carrier
• recessive trait
• dominant trait
• genetics

long strand of coiled up DNA that come in pairs

• chromosomes
• allele
• gene
• trait

deoxyribonuceleic acid

• DNA
• RNA
• gene
• genetics

a characteristic that can hide or dominate other traits and show up easily in an organism

• dominant trait
• recessive trait
• inherit
• trait

segments of DNA that codes for a specific trait

• genes
• allele
• trait
• genetics

the study of heredity

• genetics
• genotype
• gene
• inherit

an organism's genetic make up or combination of alleles

• genotype
• phenotype
• genetics
• traits

the passing of traits from parents to offspring

• heredity
• genetics
• inherit
• offspring

a pair of genes where one is dominant and one is recessive

• heterozygos
• homozygous
• trait
• carrier