front 1 trait | back 1 a characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring |
front 2 heredity | back 2 a set of traits an organism receives from its parents |
front 3 genetics | back 3 the study of heredity |
front 4 true breeding plant | back 4 a plant that will always produce offspring with the same form of a trait when it self pollinates |
front 5 cross pollination | back 5 when the pollen from one plant is used to fertilize another plant |
front 6 gene | back 6 a unit that determines traits |
front 7 alleles | back 7 different forms of a gene |
front 8 dominant allele | back 8 the form of a gene that when present, covers up the appearance of the recessive allele |
front 9 recessive allele | back 9 the form of a gene that is hidden when the dominant allele is present |
front 10 phenotype | back 10 the form of a trait that an organism displays |
front 11 genotype | back 11 the alleles of a gene an organism contains |
front 12 Punnett square | back 12 shows all of the possible combinations of alleles from the parents |
front 13 probability | back 13 the mathematical chance that an event will occur |
front 14 incomplete dominance | back 14 when the phenotype of the two alleles blend |
front 15 codominance | back 15 when an organism that has both alleles of a gene displays both phenotypes at the same time |
front 16 polygenic traits | back 16 traits that are determined by more than one gene |