Genetics Vocabulary

The physical or behavioral trait that is shown or expressed. Ff is the genotype for this trait. Having freckles is the ___________.

The child or product of reproduction by plants, animlas, and all other living things.

The allele that needs two copies to express the trait.

A behavioral or physical characteristic that is passed from parents to their offpspring.

pairs of information for traits; made up of sections called genes.

the allele that is shown or expressed even if only one copy is present.

a tool we use for predicting traits of an offspring.

The combination of alleles that an organism has. This determines what trait the organism will have. Ex: Pp

The passing of traits from parent to offspring

Different forms (letters) of a single gene. Ex: a