SCIENCE TEST TOMORROW Flashcards
Probability
a number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur
Punnett square:
chart that shows all the possible outcomes of allele
Phenotype
physical appearance or visible traits
Genotype
an organism’s genetic makeup or allele combinations
Homozygous
two identical alleles for a trait
Heterozygous
organism that has two different alleles
Codominance
alleles are neither dominant nor recessive;
Complete dominance:
NO BLENDING OF TRAITS
Incomplete dominance
BLEND
Heredity
passing of physical characteristics from parent to offspring
Law of Large Numbers
the more you do something the closer you come to the theoretical probability
What does “independence of events” mean?
It means the occurrence of one event does not affect the chances of the occurrence of the other event