Medium Vocab (Second Step) Flashcards
0
Q
Homozygous
A
The alleles for a certain trait in an organism are the same
1
Q
Alleles
A
Different copies/forms of a gene controlling a certain trait
2
Q
Heterozygous
A
The alleles are different
3
Q
Genotype
A
The genetic make up of an organism
4
Q
Phenotype
A
The physical trait that an organism develops as a result of its genotype
5
Q
Law of probability
A
Chance; there are several possible events that might happen and no one of them is more likely to happen than the other.
6
Q
Punnett Square
A
A diagram that helps show the results of any cross
7
Q
Test Cross
A
An individual of unknown genotype is mated with an individual showing a dominant trait is our for the trait or hybrid
