Notes
is the passing of traits from parent to offspring
Heredity
genetic makup of an organism represented by upper and lower case letters
genotype
an organism that has two different alleles for a trait
Heterozygous
form of a gene that is dominated or covered up, short form
Dominant Trait
the way an organism looks and behaves as a reslt to its genotype (ph)ysical Appearence
(ph)enotype
when an organism recieves two different alleles for a specific trait
Hybrid
the form of a gene that seems to disappear
Recessive Trait
the mathemetical chance that an event will occur
Probability
Scientists experimenting with chemical methods to change the arrangement of DNA that makes up a gene
Genetic Engineering
a tool used to predict results in genetics
Punnett Square
a visual tool for following a trait through generations of a family
Pedigree
children of two organisms
offspring
the different forms of a trait that a gene may have
Allele
an organism with two alleles that are the same
Homozygous
when two organisms are bred to produce a desired trait in the offspring
Selective Breeding