Heredity Vocab

the combination of alleles inherited from your parents

• allele

• genotype

• trait

• phenotype

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

an organism with two dominant or two recessive alleles for a particular gene

• dominant

• heterozygous

• gene

• homozygous

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

the different versions of a gene

• trait

• gene

• Punnett Square

• allele

a characteristic determined by genetics

• genotype

• trait

• gene

• phenotype

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

your observable traits

• genotype

• gene

• phenotype

• allele

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NGSS.HS-LS4-3

an organism that has one dominant and one recessive allele for a particular gene

• genotype

• homozygous

• allele

• heterozygous

the allele that contributes to the phenotype if one or two copies are present in the genotype

• dominant

• recessive

• trait

• genotype

the allele that contributes to the phenotype only when two copies of it are present

• dominant

• trait

• recessive

• gene

a graphic used to predict the possible genotypes of offspring

• calculator

• Punnett Square

• trait

• Probability

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NGSS.HS-LS3-3

Passing of genes from parents to offspring the genes are expressed in the traits of the offspring

• heredity

• DNA

• gene

• allele

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2