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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 prefrentially over another trait |
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| offspring of a criss between true breeding plants, homozygous for the trait of interest |
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| offspring of a cross between true breeding plants, homozygous for the trait of interest |
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| the genetic consitution of an organism with respect to a trait yellow seeds are dominant but yellow seeded plants colud have a genotype of either YY or Yy |
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| differing alleles for a trait in an individual such as Yy |
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both alleles for a trait are the same in an individual
they can be homzygous dominant- YY or homzygous reccessive- yy |
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| heterozygous usually referring to the offspring of two true breeding individuals differing in the traits of interest |
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| cross involving parents differing in only one one trait |
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change in the dna sequence of a gene to some new heritable form
generally but now always a reccesive allele |
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| the physical appearance of an organism with respect to a trait |
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the opposite of dominant
a trait that is preferrrentially masked |
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| a gene coded on a sex chromosome, such as the x-chromosome linked genes of flies and man |
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