Genetics and Heredity Vocabulary

Traits received by one's parents

• inherited

• chromosomes

• dominant

• recessive

The passing of traits from one generation to another

• heredity

• chromosomes

• dominant

• recessive

a group of people liveing during the same time and at the same stage of descent from an ancestor.

• generation

• dna

• chromosomes

• dominant

a segment of dna that determines the inheritance of a trait

• genes

• generations al

• genotype

• a segment of dna that determines the inheritance of a trait

The material found in a cell's nucleus that is responsible for the genetic traits of an organism

• dna

• phenotype

• genotype

the allelle (trait) tha is "weaker". The offspring will not have the trait represented unless there are two of these.

• recessive allele

• genotype

• phenotype

the set of genes carried by an organism

• genotype

• dominant

• recessive

• the set of genes carried by an organism

a feature that can be controlled by genes, such as eye color, hair color and height

• trait

• dominant

• recessive

• dna

The allele that is stronger. The offspring will have the traite represented because it overpowers the recessive form.

• dominant allele

• phenotype

• trait

children or young, such as babies or cubs, that are the result of sexual reproduction

• offspring

• trait