the passing down of characteristics from parents to offspring
heredity
the study of heredity- the study of how traits and characteristics are passed down
genetics
Purebred
if they were self crossed, they will always produce the same trait,
P generation
parental generation
f1 generation
first generation
the law of dominance
for every trait, only one character can “win” over the other.
the character who “wins”
dominant trait
the character who “loses”
recessive trait
the law of segregation
that traits are inherited as separate, non-blending units
a piece of DNA that provides instructions for how to make a certain protein. Most exist in multiple forms.
gene
the multiple forms of genes
alleles
two alleles that are the same for a gene
homozygous
two alleles that are different for a gene
heterozygous
used to determine ad predict gene combinations that might result from a cross/mating
punnett squares
a cross that shows the possible off spring for two traits.
dihybrid cross
