Genetics Vocabulary!
1. Hybrid - An organism that has two alleles
for a trait.!
2. Dominant - An allele whose trait always shows up in the
organism when it is present.!
3. Gene - The set of information that controls a trait;
in the DNA.!
4. Alleles - The different forms of a gene.!
5. Heredity - The passing of traits from parents to
.!
6. Purebred - The offspring of many generations that have the
same traits.!
7. Trait - A characteristic that an organism can pass to offspring
through .!
8. Genetics - The scientific study of heredity. !
9. Probability - A that describes how likely it is
that an event will occur.!
Word Bank:!
different two both progeny prevents events!
code cross trait homozygous ABO!
offspring genes expresses single many!
number physical combinations producing !
neither identical gamete independently!
