Easy Terms
A genetically determined characteristic
What is a trait?
The young born of living organisms produced sexually or asexually.
What is offspring?
The set of genes in our DNA which is responsible for a particular trait.
What is genotype?
A unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and determines some characteristics of the offspring.
What is a gene?
The trait observed in the first generation when parents that have different traits are bred.
What is a dominant trait?
A threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.
What is phenotype?
The passing of genetic traits from parents to offspring.
What is heredity?
A trait that reappears in the second generation after disappearing in the first generation when parents with different traits are bred.
What is a recessive trait?
The deliberate breeding of two different individuals that results in offspring that carry part of the genetic material of each parent.
What is genetic cross?
The study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics.
What is genetics?
A trait that reappears in the second generation after disappearing in the first generation when parents with different traits are bred.
What is allele?
Referring to a genotype consisting of two identical alleles of a gene for a particular trait.
What is heterozygous?
An Austrian Monk who discovered the basic principles of heredity through experiments in his garden.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
A threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.
What is a chromosome?
Referring to a genotype consisting of two of the same allele, whether dominant or recessive.
What is homozygous?