Genetics/Inheritance Vocabulary

the passing of traits from parents to offspring

• HEREDITY

• GENETICS

• GENE

• CODOMINANCE

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

the study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring

• ALLELE

• RECESSIVE TRAIT

• GENE

• GENETICS

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

a genetic factor that is blocked or masked by the presence of a dominant (stronger) factor; expressed only when 2 "masked" alleles are present

• GENE

• RECESSIVE TRAIT

• DOMINANT TRAIT

• PHENOTYPE

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

a genetic factor that blocks or masks another genetic factor

• GENE

• RECESSIVE TRAIT

• DOMINANT TRAIT

• INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE

a section of a chromosome that has genetic information for ONE trait

• GENOTYPE

• GENE

• HOMOZYGOUS

• ALLELE

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

the different form(s) of a gene

• ALLELE

• GENOTYPE

• INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE

• CODOMINANCE

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

how a trait is expressed or how the trait appears (physical)

• ALLELE

• PHENOTYPE

• HEREDITY

• GENOTYPE

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

the two alleles (versions) that control the the phenotype of the trait (genetic)

• GENOTYPE

• GENE

• INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE

• GENETICS

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

the two alleles (versions) of the trait are the same, so the genotype is...

• HEREDITY

• CODOMINANCE

• HETEROZYGOUS

• HOMOZYGOUS

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

the two alleles (versions) of the trait are different, so the genotype is...

• HETEROZYGOUS

• INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE

• PUNNETT SQUARE

• HOMOZYGOUS

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2