1. Title: Genetics Vocabulary

2. Punnett Squares
Diagram used to predict the genotypes of offspring using the genotypes of the parents.

3. Heterozygous Having two different alleles for a trait.
For Example: Bb, Tt, etc.
Means that this genotype is a carrier for the recessive allele.

4. Homozygous Having two of the same alleles for a trait.
For Example: BB, tt, etc.

5. Chromosomes
Found in the nucleus and made of DNA, contain the genetic information needed to make new cells, and carry out cell functions.

6. Gregor Mendel
Augustinian monk whose experiments with pea plants led to some of the fundamental ideas in the study of genetics.