Alleles Flashcards
If the alleles in a matching pair are the same they are called……
Homozygous Alleles
An example of a pair of homozygous is…
HH BB MM LL PP etc
If a matching pair of alleles are different they are called…..
Heterozygous alleles
And example of heterozygous alleles are….
Hh Ll Pp Ee etc
Some alleles are dominant and will
Always be expressed
Dominant alleles are always expressed as a
Capital letter
A recessive allele is always the
Corresponding small letter
Idk
Idk
The allele for each characteristic is callled the
Genotype
The physical expression for an allele pair is the
Phenotype
An exampl of a genotype would be
Rr X RR
An example for a phenotype would be
Round X Bumpy
A dominant allele would be
Bb or BB
A recessive allele would be
bb