VOCAB Flashcards
Patterned of inheritance (9 cards)
1
Q
Allele
A
Each version of a gene
2
Q
Homozygous
A
You have 2 identical alleles for one trait. Two dominant alleles or two recessive alleles
3
Q
Heterozygous
A
You have 2 different alleles for one trait, one dominant and one recessive
4
Q
Genotype
A
Two alleles for a trait
5
Q
Phenotype
A
How you actually express a trait
6
Q
Dominant
A
A allele that will over power a recessive allele
7
Q
Recessive
A
A allele that will lose over a dominant allele
8
Q
Codominant
A
In heterozygous, two different alleles can both be equally expressed
9
Q
Incomplete Dominance
A
In heterozygous genotypes, two different alleles are expressed as a blended phenotype.
