Homozygous Dominant

• Two recessive traits (2 lower case letters)

• Two dominant traits (2 capital letters)

• Two different traits (1 capital, 1 lowercase letter)

Homozygous Recessive

• Two different traits (Aa)

• Two dominant traits (AA)

• Two recessive traits (aa)

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Genetics

• Study of living things

• Study of dinosaurs from long long ago

• Study of how traits are passed down from generation to generation

• Study of DNA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Punnett Square

• Tool used to grow your garden

• Tool used to see your DNA

• Tool used by scientists who want to know about a person's traits

• Tool used to predict the chance of a trait showing up in the offspring

Allele

• A letter that represents a trait

• A number that represents a trait

• A letter that represents a number

Offspring

• An animal

• A plant

• Any living thing

• Plants and animals

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Recessive allele

• Lower case letter

• Capital Letter

• Weaker trait

• Strong Trait

• Lowercase letter and the weaker trait

Dominant Allele

• Capital Letter (B)

• Lower Case Letter (a)

• Stronger Trait

• Capital letter and stronger trait

Who do you get your genes/traits from?

• Mom only

• Dad only

• Grandparents

• Both parents

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Inherit

• The traits that show up only

• The traits/genes you receive from both parents

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2