Week 25 Vocabulary

The different forms of a trait that a gene may have

• Alleles

• Dominant

• Genetics

• Genotype

Factor that dominates or covers up another factor

• Alleles

• Dominant

• Genetics

• Genotype

Genetic makeup of an organism

• Alleles

• Dominant

• Genetics

• Genotype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

The study of how traits are inherited through the interactions of alleles

• Alleles

• Dominant

• Genetics

• Genotype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A group of gene pairs act together to produce a trait

• Phenotype

• Polygenic Inheritance

• Recessive

• Homozygous

Factor that disappears if a dominant trait is present

• Phenotype

• Polygenic Inheritance

• Recessive

• Homozygous

The way an organism looks and behaves as a result of its genotype

• Phenotype

• Polygenic Inheritance

• Recessive

• Homozygous

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

An organism with two alleles that are the same for a trait

• Phenotype

• Polygenic Inheritance

• Recessive

• Homozygous

An organism that has two different alleles for a trait

• Heterozygous

• Hybrid

• Punnett Square

• Incomplete Dominance

A tool used to predict the number of times certain traits will occur

• Heterozygous

• Hybrid

• Punnett Square

• Incomplete Dominance