Inheritance terminology

An allele that controls the development of a characteristic when it is present on only one of the chromosomes

• Recessive

• Gene

• Homozygous

• Dominant

A cell in which the two alleles of the same gene are different

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

• Haploid

• Gene

A different form of a gene

• Allele

• Dominant

• Phenotype

• Gene

A sequence of DNA bases that codes for one polypeptide

• Diploid

• Allele

• Gene

• Mutation

A change in the base sequence of DNA resulting in a new allele

• Dominant

• Gene

• Mutation

• Allele

An allele that controls the development of a characteristic only when the dominant allele is not present

• Recessive

• Dominant

• Haploid

• Heterozygous

A cell that contains one set of chromosomes

• Diploid

• Genotype

• Dominant

• Haploid

The genetic makeup of an individual

• Phenotype

• DNA

• Genotype

• Gene

The characteristics of an organism resulting from its alleles plus the environment

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Mutation

• Homozygous

A cell in which both alleles of a gene are the same

• Heterozygous

• Diploid

• Homozygous

• Haploid