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| The scientific study of heredity |
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| A physical characteristic that can be passed on from parent to offspring |
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| Offspring that recieves the same trait from both parents |
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| Offspring that recieves different traits from each parent |
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| Sections of a chromosome that have the DNA code used for particular traits |
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| a distinct form or version of a gene |
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| The genetic makeup or combination of alleles that make up a trait |
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| Form of a gene that is fully expressed when 2 different alleles are present |
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| Form of a gene that is not expressed when 2 different alleles are present |
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| A genotype in which the allele pair are both dominant or both recessive |
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| A genotype in which the allele pair are split one of each |
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| The actual physical charactersistic expressed |
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| original material and paternal alleles |
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| F1 First Filial generation |
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| created by cross-pollinating the P generation |
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| F2 second filial generation |
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| created by cross-pollinatin the F1 |
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| Gene pairs found on homologous pairs of chromosomes seperate during meiosis when the gametes are formed. |
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| Traits are inherited independently when sister chromatids align on the equatorial plate during metaphase 1 |
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| Dominant traits will always be expressed and recessive always hidden |
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| Segregation, Independent assortment, dominance |
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| Segregation, Independent assortment, dominance |
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| A grid for organizing information |
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| used to find out the unknown genotype of a trait knowing the phenotype |
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| 2 alleles for the same trait combine. affects phenotype only not genotype |
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| traits uncontrolled by more than one gene or allele pair. |
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| one gene controls many unrelated traits |
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| trait that has 1 gene with more than 2 allele forms |
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| both alleles are expressed fully |
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