Patterns of Heredity Vocab Review

Alternate form of a gene for a single trait; may be dominant or recessive

• Gene

• Genotype

• Allele

• Heterozygous

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Passing of traits from one generation to the next

• Genotype

• Genetics

• Gene

• Heredity

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A person who has one recessive allele for a trait, but does not have the trait

• Mutation

• Recessive

• Homozygous

• Carrier

Definition: Having two identical alleles for a given trait, either both dominant or both recessive

• Phenotype

• Heterozygous

• Homozygous

• Allele

Definition: Scientific study of how traits are passed to offspring through genes

• Mutation

• Heredity

• Genetics

• Phenotype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Definition: An allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present

• Dominant

• Genotype

• Recessive

• Heterozygous

Definition: Having two different alleles for a given trait, usually one dominant and one recessive

• Allele

• Homozygous

• Phenotype

• Heterozygous

Definition: An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits

• Gene

• Allele

• Heterozygous

• Phenotype

Definition: The genetic characters transmitted from parent to offspring, taken collectively

• Inheritance

• Heredity

• Genetics

• Phenotype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Segment of DNA on a chromosome that contains instructions for protein synthesis and controls a particular inherited trait

• Homozygous

• Gene

• Phenotype

• Allele

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2