Genetics

characteristics that are inherited from parents

• genes

• traits

• allele

• recessive

an individual with the recessive allele but does not display in in the phenotype

• recessive

• dominant

• carrier

• chromosome

the form of a trait that is expressed ONLY if the dominant allele is not present

• dominant

• recessive

• carrier

• trait

the uncoiled form of DNA: this condenses into chromosomes

• chromatin

• chromosome

• chromatid

• carrier

the form of a trait that is always expressed or observed in the phenotype

• dominant

• recessive

• carrier

• trait

the full DNA sequence of an organism

• genome

• carrier

• chromosome

• trait

both alleles are dominant or both recessive for a trait, TT or tt

• hetrozygous

• phenotype

• genotype

• homozygous

a dominant and a recessive allele for a trait; Tt

• homozygous

• hetrozygous

• carrier

• allele

another term for heterozygous

• hybrid

• purebred

• allele

• homozygous

another term for homozygous

• hybrid

• purebred

• carrier

• allele