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- transmission of genetic traits from parer to offspring |
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| cross involving one pair of contrasting traits |
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| displaying only one form of a particular trait in offspring |
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| The first two individuals that mate in a genetic cross |
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first offspring from a cross of two varieties in the parental generation |
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| The offspring from crosses among individuals of the F1 generation |
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| An alternative form of a gene |
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genetic trait that is expressed when its allele is homozygous or heterozygous |
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genetic trait that is not expressed when the contrasting form of the trait in present |
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| Refers to an individual with two identical alleles for a trait |
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| Refers to an individual with two different alleles for a trait |
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| The genetic make up of an organism as indicated by its set of alleles |
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| First law of heredity stating that pairs of alleles separate when gametes are formed |
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| Law of Independent Assortment |
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Second law of heredity stating that pairs of genes separate independently of one another |
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| Diagram used by biologists to predict the probable outcome of a genetic cross |
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a genetic cross of an individual whose phenotype is dominant but who’s genotype is unknown, with a homozygous recessive individual |
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| The likelihood that a specific event will occur |
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| Family history that shows how a trait is inherited over several generations |
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| A trait that is determined by a gene found on the X chromosome |
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| characteristic of an organism that is influenced by several genes |
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Condition in which a trait of an individual is intermediate between the phenotype of its two parents
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| Condition in which both alleles for a gene are expressed when present |
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| The existance of more than two alleles for a genetic trait |
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