What is a dominant trait?
The trait observed in the first generation when parents have different trait are bred
What is heredity?
The passing of genetic traits from parents to offspring
What is a recessive gene?
A trait that reappears in the send generation often disappearing in the first generation what parent with different traits are bred.
What is a gene?
One set of instructions for an inherited trait
What is an allele?
One of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic such as hair color
What is a phenotype?
An organisms appearance or other detectable characteristic
What is a genotype?
The entire genetic makeup of an organism; also the combination of genes for one or more specific traits
What is probability?
Other likelihood that s possible future event will occur in any given distance of the event
What are homologous chromosomes?
Chromosomes that have the same sequence of genes and the same structure
What is meiosis?
A process in which cell division during which the number of chromosomes decreases to half the original number by two divisions of the nucleus, which results in the production of sex cells
What are sex chromosomes?
One of the pair of chromosomes that determine the sex of the individual
What is a pedigree?
A diagram that shows the occurrence of a genetic trait in several generations of a family