Genotype thingty

What is a trait?

A physical behaviorial and physilogial characteristics .

Variety

The difference in people

Heredity

The passing of genetic traits from parents to offspring.

Dominate genes

Genes that express traits even in the presence of other alleles.

Recessive traits

Recessive traits are traits that require two copies of the recessive allele to be expressed in an organism.

Homozygous

Two of the same allele

Heterozygous

One of each allele

hybrid

An organism with two different alleles for a trait.

genotype

The genetic constitution of an organism, specifically the alleles present for a particular trait.

Chromosome

Structures within cells that contain DNA and genes.

Allele

Different forms of a gene that determine specific traits.

Mono hybrid cross

A genetic cross between individuals with different alleles for a single trait, used to study inheritance patterns.

Phenotype

The observable traits or characteristics of an organism, resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.

Gene

Segments of dna that carry info to determine traits

Purebred

An organism that has the same two alleles