Punnett square vocabulary

Characteristics that are passed on from one living to its offspring (children).

• genetics

• traits

• dominant

• recessive

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Alleles paired together for a specific trait are identical/same

• Punnett square

• Heterozygous

• Homozygous

• Dominant

When one allele mask/hides the presence of another, the allele is ___. It is written using a capital letter.

• recessive

• hybrid

• dominant

• phenotype

An allele that is masked/hidden by another is ___. It is written using a lower case letter.

• Phenotype

• Homozygous

• Dominant

• Recessive

All the forms of a gene for any given trait

• Hybrid

• Alleles

• Genetics

• Heterozygous

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A tool used to determine the probable genotypes of offspring (children) of two parents

• Dihybrid cross

• Codon Chart

• Punnett square

• Monohybrid cross

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

The study of heredity and how traits are inherited.

• Biology

• Botany

• Genetics

• Physiology

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

the physical make-up of an organism

• genotype

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• phenotype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The genetic make-up of an organism

• trait

• gene

• genotype

• allele

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Alleles paired together that are different from each other.

• genes

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• recessive

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2