vocabulary
The passing of genetic material from parents to offspring.
organism with two dominant or two recessive alleles
allele that contributes to the phenotype if one or more are present in the genotype
used to predict the possible genotypes of offspring in a given cross
changes in the number, type, or order of bases on a piece of DNA
Feature that has different forms in a population
What is characteristic?
organism with one dominant and one recessive allele
What is pedigree?
a separate molecule that contains a copy of some DNA information
the different forms of a given characteristic
the combination of alleles inherited from your parents
a molecule in a cell that contains the genetic material
cell organelle made of ribosomal RNA and protein
segments of DNA found in chromosomes that give instructions for producing a certain characteristic
the combination from your parents
offspring's appearance is half of each parent.
building block of DNA that is made up of a base, a sugar, and a phosphate group
the different versions of a gene
physical traits
allele that contributes to the phenotype only when two copies of it are present
process in which the cell makes copies of DNA molecules