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| The different forms of a gene. Y and y are different alleles of the gene that determines seed color. |
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| A trait expressed preferentially over another trait. |
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| Offsprings of a cross between true breeding plants, homozygous for the trait of interest. |
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| Offspring of a cross between F1 generation. |
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| The genetic constitution of an organism with respect to a trait. Yellow seeds are dominant, but yellow seeded plants could have a genotype of either YY or Yy. |
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| Differing alleles for a trait in an individual, such as Yy. |
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| Both allels for a trait in an individual. They can be homozygous dominant (YY), or homozygous recessive (yy). |
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| Heterozygous; usally refering to the offspring of two true-breeding (homozygous) individuals differing in the traits of interest. |
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| Cross involving parents differing in only one trait. |
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