Genetics Terminology

An organism's physical appearance, their traits...

• genotype

• phenotype

• heredity

• dominant allele

Two alleles make up a...

• dominant allele

• gene pair

• recessive allele

• heterozygous

The chart that shows the possible combinations of alleles during genetic cross...

• punnett square

• codominance

• incomplete dominance

• mutation

Section of DNA which gives us a certain trait...

• phenotype

• genotype

• gene

• recessive allele

The one whose trait always shows up when present...

• recessive allele

• codominance

• dominant allele

• incomplete dominance

The passing of traits from parents to offspring

• genetics

• genes

• heredity

• dominant

• recessive

An organism with two different alleles (letters. One capital and one lowercase)

• phenotype

• genes

• dominant

• genotype

• heterozygous

Located on the chromosomes, they determine what traits we have.

• phenotype

• genotype

• genes

• heredity

• genetics

Physical characteristics of an organism.

• phenotype

• genotype

• heterozygous

• homozygous

• genes

An allele (letter) whose trait always shows up in that organism.

• recessive

• heterozygous

• dominant

• phenotype

• genotype