Genetics Vocabulary Questions and Answers (100% Correct Answers) Already Graded A+

heredity [ Ans: ] passing of traits from parents to offspring trait [ Ans: ] each different form of a characteristic for an organism (ex.: curly hair, pod color) genetics [ Ans: ] the scientific study of heredity fertilization [ Ans: ] when a sperm and an egg join to form a new organism purebred [ Ans: ] the offspring of many generations that possess the same trait gene [ Ans: ] segment of DNA, found on a chromosome, that determines the inheritance of a particular trait alleles [ Ans: ] one of a pair of genes that determines a specific trait dominant [ Ans: ] an allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when present hybrid [ Ans: ] an organism that carries both a dominant and a recessive allele for the same trait probability [ Ans: ] method used to predict the results of a particular event Punnett Square [ Ans: ] chart used to show all of the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross phenotype [ Ans: ] an organisms physical appearance or visible traits genotype [ Ans: ] an organism's genetic makeup or allele combinations homozygous [ Ans: ] having two identical alleles for a single trait - can be either dominant or recessive heterozygous [ Ans: ] having two different alleles for a single trait recessive [ Ans: ] an allele whose trait appears only if the organism is not masked by the overriding allele codominance [ Ans: ] alleles that are neither dominant or recessive; the trait for both alleles shows up in the phenotype Gregor Mendel [ A