1. Genetics Vocabulary

2. Heredity
The passing of traits from parents to offspring.

3. Genes
One set of instructions donated from parent to offspring.

4. chromosomes
Genetic information inside the nucleus of the sperm and egg cells.

5. Genotype
Inherited combination of alleles

6. Phenotype
The way an organism looks or behaves.

7. Allele
Different forms of a trait that a gene may have.

8. Dominant
Allele that always appears or covers up the other trait.

9. Recessive
The trait that seems to vanish, or disappear.

10. Homozygous
Refers to having identical alleles for a trait.

11. Heterozygous
Refers to having different alleles for a trait.

12. Gregor Mendel
Known as the “father of Genetics”

13. Punnett Square
Diagram used to help predict what an offspring will look like.