Genetics Vocabulary

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

• traits

• characteristics

• heredity

• phenotype

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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 trait represented by a capital letter

• Recessive

• Dominant

• Phenotype

• Incomplete dominance

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The trait represented by a lower case letter

• Recessive

• Dominant

• Phenotype

• Incomplete Dominance

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The different versions of a gene or one of a pair of genes

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Allele

• Phenotype

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A feature that has different forms in a population ( CATEGORIES) Examples: Seed color, Eye color

• Trait

• Characteristic

• Allele

• Dominant

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The different forms within a characteristic (blue eyes, brown eyes)

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Characteristic

• Trait

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The actual gene makeup of an organism ( Tt)

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Trait

• Characteristic

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

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Allele

• Dominant

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

• Purebred

• Hybrid

• Allele

• Trait

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