Heredity Vocabulary

the direct manipulation of an organism's genes

• allele

• dominant trait

• gene

• characteristic

• genetic engineering

expressed (shows up) as a trait even when only one allele is present for that trait

• allele

• dominant trait

• gene

• characteristic

• genetic engineering

a tiny part of a chromosome that gives living things certain traits *** sets of instructions for inherited traits

• allele

• dominant trait

• gene

• characteristic

• genetic engineering

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a feature that has different forms in a population

• allele

• dominant trait

• gene

• characteristic

• genetic engineering

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alternate forms of the same gene

• allele

• dominant trait

• gene

• characteristic

• genetic engineering

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an organism's GENETIC makeup

• genotype

• heterozygous

• homologous chromosome

• homozygous

• monohybrid cross

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alleles paired together that are DIFFERENT from each other

• genotype

• heterozygous

• homologous chromosome

• homozygous

• monohybrid cross

matching pairs of chromosomes

• genotype

• heterozygous

• homologous chromosome

• homozygous

• monohybrid cross

alleles paired together for a specific trait that are IDENTICAL

• genotype

• heterozygous

• homologous chromosome

• homozygous

• monohybrid cross

a genotype with both a DOMINANT and a RECESSIVE allele

• hybrid

• phenotype

• purebred

• Punnett Square

• recessive trait