Punnett square vocabulary

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Characteristics that are passed on from one living to its offspring (children).

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Traits

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The study of heredity and how traits are inherited.

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Genetics

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Father of genetics.

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Mendel

Front

An allele that is masked/hidden by another is ___. It is written using a lower case letter.

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Recessive

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Section of chromosomes that determines a trait.

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Gene

Front

An allele that expresses its trait even when a different allele is present is ___. It is written using an uppercase letter.

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Dominant

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The genetic makeup of an organism, represented by letters (e.g., AA, Aa, aa).

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Genotype

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The physical expression or characteristics of a trait (e.g., blue eyes, tall stature).

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Phenotype

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Different forms of a gene that can exist at a specific locus (e.g., allele for blue eyes vs. allele for brown eyes).

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Alleles

Front

A cross between two individuals to study inheritance patterns is called a ___.

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