Chapter 6 Vocab. List LS

A heritable feature. Ex. Hair color, height

• Characteristic

• Heredity

• Trait

• None of the Following

Field of biology that studies how characteristics are passed from parents to offspring

• Zoology

• Heredity

• Genetics

• Biology

Mating of two organisms

• Pollination

• Cross

• Fertilization

• True Breeding

All of an organism’s genetic material

• Genotype

• Genetics

• Genome

• None of the Following

Different copies of genes

• Gene

• Trait

• Zygote

• Allele

A fertilized egg

• Zygote

• Allele

• Trait

• Gene

Passing characteristics from parents to offspring

• Genetics

• Trait

• Heredity

• None of the Following

When the pollen from the stamens (male flower parts) meets the pistil (female flower parts)

• Cross

• True Breeding

• Fertilization

• Pollination

A variant of a characteristic. Ex. Brown hair, blue eyes

• Characteristic

• Trait

• Heredity

• Genetics

A section of DNA that codes for traits

• Trait

• Allele

• Gene

• Genome