Mendelian Genetics Flashcards
Genetics
Study of passing traits from Parents to Offspring
Traits
Characteristics of an organism
Genes
Sections of the DNA that have instructions to make a trait
Alleles
on a pair of chromosomes one allele per chromosome is an option for a gene
Dominant Trait
trait that will show up even with a recessive present
Resessive trait
trait that is masked by dominant traits
Heterozygous
one dominant and one recessive trait
Homozygous
two dominant or recessive alleles
Genotype
description of the trait in letters
Phenotype
description of the trait in physical description
Law of Independent assortment
traits from your parents shuffled so they have an equal opportunity to get selected
Law of segregation
traits from your parents separated so you only get one from each parent
