Mendel and Heredity Punnett Squares

The offspring of a cross between parents that have contrasting traits:

• purebred

• hybrid

• dominant

• recessive

The likelihood that a specific event will occur:

• accountability

• dominant

• probability

• recessive

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

NGSS.HS-LS4-3

When the two alleles of a particular gene are different:

• heterozygous

• homozygous

• genotype

• phenotype

The set of alleles that an individual has:

• heterozygous

• phenotype

• homozygous

• genotype

The allele that is fully expressed by itself:

• recessive

• homozygous

• dominant

• heterozygous

A diagram used to predict the outcomes of a genetic cross:

• karyotype

• Punnett Square

• Pedigree

• Venn diagram

The allele that is not expressed when the dominant corresponding allele is present:

• dominant

• heterozygous

• recessive

• homozygous

A version of a gene:

• allele

• trait

• character

• generation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A family history that shows how a trait is inherited:

• karyotype

• Punnett square

• pedigree

• hybrid

When the two alleles of a particular gene are the same:

• homozygous

• genotype

• heterozygous

• phenotype