1. Genetics Vocabulary
You will be using this vocabulary to complete the “project board assignment”

2. Physical traits; physical appearance What you can see with your eyes
Phenotype
Physical traits; physical appearance
What you can see with your eyes

3. Genotypes What is expressed on the gene; genetic combinations
Genes are on chromosomes (created in protein synthesis)
Represented by the two letters in each box of a Punnett square

4. Allele Type of gene; form of a gene
Each individual letter is an allele
Example:
Gene: Hair Color Gene: Flower Color
Alleles: Alleles:
Brown Purple
Blonde White
Black Pink
Red

5. Dominant Powerful, strong, overshadows the recessive allele
We represent dominant alleles with a capital letter

6. Recessive Weak, easily masked(covered up);
not seen when a dominant allele is present
We represent recessive alleles with lower case letters

7. Homozygous
Homo = same
Same alleles
Ex. BB, HH, aa, kk, gg

8. Heterozygous
Hetero = different
Different alleles
Bb, Gg, Ff. Tt