Genetics Vocabulary

The physical appearance or the visible characteristic "What you see"

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Allele

• Dominant

An organism that has alleles that are different for a trait (Tt)

• Purebred

• Hybrid

• Allele

• Trait

An organism with two alleles that are the same (TT or tt)

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

• Trait

• Allele

He is known as the "Father of Genetics" and used pea plants because they reproduce quickly.

• Robert Hooke

• Gregor Mendel

• Theodor Swann

• Matthias Schleiden

The passing of genetic material from parents to offspring (children)

• traits

• characteristics

• heredity

• phenotype

The trait represented by a lower case letter

• Recessive

• Dominant

• Phenotype

• Incomplete Dominance

Segment of DNA found in chromosomes that give instructions for producing a certain characteristic

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Gene

• Phenotype

An organism that has alleles that are different for a trait (Tt)

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

• Allele

• Trait

A special chart used to show possible gene combinations

• Line graph

• Circle Graph

• Punnett Square

• Pie Graph

The trait represented by a capital letter

• Recessive

• Dominant

• Phenotype

• Incomplete dominance