Genetics Vocabulary

A feature that has different forms in a population ( CATEGORIES) Examples: Seed color, Eye color

• Trait

• Characteristic

• Allele

• Dominant

He is known as the "Father of Genetics" and used pea plants because they reproduce quickly.

• Robert Hooke

• Gregor Mendel

• Theodor Swann

• Matthias Schleiden

The trait represented by a capital letter

• Recessive

• Dominant

• Phenotype

• Incomplete dominance

An organism that has alleles that are different for a trait (Tt)

• Purebred

• Hybrid

• Allele

• Trait

Segment of DNA found in chromosomes that give instructions for producing a certain characteristic

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Gene

• Phenotype

A special chart used to show possible gene combinations

• Line graph

• Circle Graph

• Punnett Square

• Pie Graph

The actual gene makeup of an organism ( Tt)

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Trait

• Characteristic

The different forms within a characteristic (blue eyes, brown eyes)

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Characteristic

• Trait

The passing of genetic material from parents to offspring (children)

• traits

• characteristics

• heredity

• phenotype

The blending of two alleles where they are both expressed

• Probability

• Punnett Square

• Codominance

• Incomplete Dominance