Chapter 3 Book 2 Flashcards
the passing of genetic traits from parent to oofspring
heredity
the trait observed in the first generation
dominate trait
a trait from the second generation
recessive trait
one set of instructions for an inherited trait
gene
one of the alliterative forms of a gene that govers a characteristic, such as hair color
allele
an organisms apperence or other detectable characteristic
phenotype
the entire genetic makeup of an organism also the combination of genes for one or more specific traits
genotype
the chance of
probability
chromosomes that have the same sequence of genes and the same sequence
homologous chromosomes
a process in cell division during which thee number of chromosomes
meiosis
a pair of chromosomes that determine the sex of an indivial
sex chromosome
a diagram that shows the occurrence of a genetic trait in several generations of family
pedigree
