Flash Cards
Genetics
The study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics.
Heredity
The passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another.
Gregor Mendal
Gregor Johann Mendel was a scientist, Augustinian friar and abbot of St. Thomas’ Abbey in Brno, Margraviate of Moravia. Mendel was born in a German-speaking family in the Silesian part of the Austrian Empire and gained posthumous recognition as the founder of the modern science of genetics.
Allele
One of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.
Gene
A unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.
Traits
A distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person.
Dominant allele
Are the capital letters
Recessive allele
Are the lowercase letters
Phenotype
Physical traits of the human body
Genotype
The genetic constitution of an individual organism.
Punnett square
The Punnett square is a square diagram that is used to predict the genotypes of a particular cross or breeding experiment.
Homozygous Dominant
Both capital letters
Heterozygous
Having two different alleles of a particular gene or genes.
Homozygous Recessive
Both lowercase letters
Purebred
An animal bred from parents of the same breed or variety.
