Inheritance Vocabulary Review

Inheritance is genetic information that is passed from parent to child.

• True

• False

A pair of alleles an individual inherits from their parents is called a ____________.

Inheriting 2 traits of the same alleles is considered purebred and ____________.

• Heterozygous

• Genetic

• Homozygous

• Inheritance

__________ is when you inherit 2 different alleles and is considered hybrid.

This trait is always expressed when present and is represented by a capital letter.

• Recessive Trait

• Dominant Trait

This trait is expressed if 2 copies are present and is represented with a lower case letter.

• Dominant Trait

• Recessive Trait

Different variations of genes are called __________.

Observable characteristics are called _________.

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Alleles

• Inheritance

The chart used to predict possible genotypes and phenotypes of offspring is called a _________ Square.