Unit: Genetics

Vocabulary

1. Heredity the passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring

2. Phenotype an organisms appearance

3. Genotype the combination of genes for a specific characteristic

4. Genetics the study of inherited traits passed from parent to offspring

5. Gene one set of instructions for an inherited trait

6. Mutation a change in the nucleotide base sequence of the gene or DNA

7. Allele one form of an inherited trait

8. Homozygous - a genotype with either 2 recessive alleles or 2 dominant alleles

9. Heterozygous - a genotype with one dominant and one recessive allele

10. Dominant - a trait that always appears

11. Recessive - a trait that can be hidden; hidden in the first generation and will
reappear in the second generation