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| the science of heredity, dealing with resemblances and differences of related organisms resulting from the interaction of their genes and the environment. |
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| a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature: bad traits of character. |
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| The parent individuals from which offspring are derived in studies of inheritance; P stands for "parental.". |
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| Most important, powerful, or influential: "they are now in an even more dominant position in the market". |
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| One of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome. |
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| the formation of unique gametes from the genotype of the parents |
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| A mature haploid male or female germ cell that is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote. |
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| The genetic constitution of an individual organism. |
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| having identical alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci; "these two fruit flies are homozygous for red eye color". |
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| A true breeding organism, sometimes also called a pure-bred, is an organism having certain biological traits which are passed on to all... |
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| hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas |
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| Dominance in genetics is a non-linear relationship between different forms (alleles) of a gene and the resultant phenotype. |
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| A hybrid that is heterozygous for alleles of two different genes. |
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| The record of descent of an animal, showing it to be purebred |
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| Quantitative genetics is the study of continuous traits (such as height or weight) and their underlying mechanisms |
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1.The haploid set of chromosomes of an organism.
2.The complete set of genetic material of an organism. |
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| 1.The passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another |
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| pollinate: fertilize by transfering pollen |
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| F1 hybrid is a term used in genetics and selective breeding. F1 stands for Filial 1, the first filial generation seeds/plants or animal... |
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| Relating to or denoting heritable characteristics controlled by genes that are expressed in offspring only when inherited from both... |
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| A unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the...: "proteins coded directly by genes" |
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| law of independent assortment |
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| each member of a pair of homologous chromosomes separates independently of the members of other pairs so the results are random. |
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| The set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment. |
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| having dissimilar alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci; "heterozygous for eye color". |
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| A thing made by combining two different elements; a mixture. |
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| The Punnett square is a diagram that is used to predict an outcome of a particular cross or breeding experiment |
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| Dominance in genetics is a non-linear relationship between different forms (alleles) of a gene and the resultant phenotype |
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| Sex linkage is the phenotypic expression of an allele related to the chromosomal sex of the individual. |
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| 1.A person or thing that carries, holds, or conveys something |
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| one of two or more forms of the DNA sequence of a particular gene. |
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| The number and visual appearance of the chromosomes in the cell nuclei of an organism or species. |
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