Inheritance Flashcards
1
Q
allele
A
alternative forms of a gene
2
Q
dominant allele
A
characteristic is visible with only one allele present. Represented as a capital
3
Q
recessive allele
A
characteristic is visible with 2 alleles present. represented as a lowercase
4
Q
homozygous
A
chromosomes have the SAME allele for a particular gene e.g AA or aa
5
Q
heterozygous
A
chromosomes have different alleles for a particular gene e.g Aa
6
Q
genotype
A
expressed in letters
7
Q
phenotype
A
the physical expression of the trait
8
Q
autosome
A
gene that is located on an autosome
9
Q
sex-linked
A
gene that is located on the sex chromosome
