BIO 11 Genetics Vocabulary

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

when an organism has two copies of the same allele for a gene

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• multiple alleles

• polygenic traits

• independent assortment

when an organism has two different alleles for a gene

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• multiple alleles

• polygenic traits

• independent assortment