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| A unit that passes on and determines traits. |
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| Different forms of a gene. |
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| A gene or allele that is "shown" in the genes. "Dominance Rules" uses capital R. |
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| Gene that is not "shown" in the offspring. Non-ruling genes use lower case "r" |
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| The passing down of traits from parents to offspring. |
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| Having 2 of the same alleles for a trait. |
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| Having 2 different alleles for a trait. |
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| The physical characteristic in an organism. |
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| The allele make-up such as TT, Tt, or tt. Made up of 2 alleles and represented by letters. |
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| A tool used to show all possible genetic outcomes of traits for offspring from one pair of parents. |
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| Also known as homozygous. Consists of pairs that are the same. |
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| Also called heterozygous. Consists of gene pairs that are different. |
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| When no allele in a genotype is masked |
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| When both inherited alleles are expressed. |
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| A structure in the nucleus that contains heredity material (DNA). |
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