BIO 11.1 Mendelian Genetics vocab

study of inheriting traits

• genetics

• segregation

• hybrid

• fertilization

when alleles separate during gamete production

• genetics

• segregation

• hybrid

• fertilization

offspring from parents with different traits

• genetics

• segregation

• hybrid

• fertilization

male and female reproductive cells merge to produce a new cell

• genetics

• segregation

• hybrid

• fertilization

specific characteristic of an organism

• trait

• allele

• gene

• gamete

inheritable DNA that codes for a feature of an organism

• trait

• allele

• gene

• gamete

different forms of a gene

• trait

• allele

• gene

• gamete

sex cell containing half the DNA needed to make a new organism

• trait

• allele

• gene

• gamete