Heredity

Vocabulary
Get the definitions for the following
terms from your text:

gene
genotype genome
phenotype allele

homozygous heterozygous
dominant recessive
Law of Segregation
Organisms inherit two copies of each
gene, one from each parent
Organisms donate only one copy of each
gene in their gametes
Two copies of each gene segregate, or
separate, during gamete formation
Segregation and Inheritance
Traits Studied by Mendel
Flower Color
In pea plants:

The allele for violet flower color

(B) is dominant

The allele for white flower color

(b) is recessive
Genotype vs. Phenotype
Genotype Phenotype
BB
Homozygous dominant

Bb
Heterozygous

bb
Homozygous recessive
A Punnett
Square
CF - An
Autosomal
Recessive
Trait
 Carrier mother
Punnett
Square G g

G GG Gg
Carrier 25% 50%

father
g Gg gg
50% 25%

Child with CF
Autosomal Recessive:
A Pedigree
Inheritance of an Autosomal
Dominant Trait
Incomplete Dominance