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| The different forms of a gene. Y and y are different alleles of the gene that determines seed color. |
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| A trait expressed preferentially over another trait. |
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| Offspring of a cross between true breeding plants, homozygous for the trait of interest. |
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| Offspring of a across involving F1 Generation. |
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| The genetic constitution of an organism with respect to a trait. Yellow seeds are dominant, but yellow seeded plants could have a genotype of either YY or Yy. |
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| Differing alleles for a train in an indivivdual, such as Yy. |
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| Both alleles for a trait are the same in an individual. They can be homozygous dominint (YY), or homozygous recessive (yy). |
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| Heterozygous; usually referring to the offspring of two true-breeding (homozygous) individuals differing in the traits of interest. |
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| CRoss involving parents differing in only one trait. |
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| Change in the DNA sequence of a gene to some new, heritable form. Generally, but now always a recessive allele. |
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| The physical appearance of an organism with respect to a train. |
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| The opposite of dominant. A trait that is preferentially masked. |
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| A gene coded on a sex chromomsome, such as the X-chromosome linked genes of flies and man. |
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