Punnett Square Vocabulary

Letters B, b, BB, Bb, bb

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

• Hybrid

• Alleles

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Different alleles from each parent--Bb

• Homozygous

• Hybrid

• Homozygous Recessive

• Alleles

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

A trait that covers up another trait, represented by capital letter--B

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Hybrid

• Allele

A trait that gets covered up, represented by a lower case letter--b

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Hybrid

• Allele

Genetic makeup of an organism, represented by letters--BB, Bb, bb

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Dominant

• Recessive

Physical appearance, how it looks--Black, brown

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Dominant

• Recessive

Both letters are the same--BB, bb

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

• Homozygous Dominant

• Homozygous Recessive

Bb

• Homozygous Dominant

• Homozygous Recessive

• Heterozygous

• Hybrid

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

BB

• Homozygous Dominant

• Homozygous Recessive

• Heterozygous

• Hybrid

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

bb

• Homozygous Dominant

• Homozygous Recessive

• Heterozygous

• Hybrid

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-1