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| the study of how genes are passed down from parent to offspring |
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passed from parents to offspring
ex. eye color, hair color, ear lobes, ability to roll your tongue |
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| basic units of living things; organisms grow and change when cells divide |
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| structures in the nucleus of a cell that controls the cells activities |
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| the cell’s part that controls the cell’s activities. This is where DNA and chromosomes are located |
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| the section of a chromosome that controls a trait |
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| a gene whose expression can be hidden by a dominant gene; expressed in lower case letters |
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| gene that can prevent the expression of another gene expressed in CAPITAL LETTERS |
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| an individual that has a dominant and recessive gene for a trait |
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| a permanent change in the structure of a gene or chromosome |
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| an Austrian monk who studied inheritance in pea plants during mid 1800’s |
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| breeding plants or animals with certain traits to produce offspring with those traits |
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| the traits that an organism has (recessive and dominant) |
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| the trait in an organism that can be seen |
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| a chart used to show all possible genetic outcomes of gene crossing and to predict offspring ratios |
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| 2 different forms or versions of a gene |
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| a distinguishing feature or quality; two genes needed: 1 from father and 1 from mother |
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