hereditary

Location on a chromosomes where you find the instructions to make a specific protein

Define gene

Instructions for how to make a specific protein, found in gene

Define allele

Neither allele is completely dominant. The heterozygous phenotype is a blend of both alleles.

Define incomplete dominance

Both alleles are equally expressed in the heterozygote. No blending, both traits show up

Define codominance

Genetic makeup of an organism

Define genotype

When you have two dominant or two recessive alleles

Define

Homozygous define

When you have one dominant and one recessive allele

Heterozygous Definition

Observable traits such as eye color

Define phenotype

Any chromosome that isn’t a sex chromosome

Define autosome

Chromosomes that determine one’s biological sex

Define sex chromosomes

23 pairs of chromosomes (46 total) (2of each) found in zygote and regular human cell

Define diploid

23 chromosomes (23 in total), found in ovum and sperm cell

Define haploid

Where one allele is dominant and completely masks the effect of the other allele, which is recessive.

Define

Simple Dominant-Recessive Inheritance definition

the passing down of traits determined by genes located on the sex chromosomes (X and Y)

Define sex-linked inheritance

occurs when a gene has more than two possible alleles, even though an individual can still only inherit two alleles (one from each parent).

Multiple Allele Inheritance Definition