punnett Square vocabulary

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F2 generation

Offspring of a cross between the F1 generation

phenotype

observable trait

Allele

alternate form of a gene

probability

the chance that an event will occur

Recessive

hidden or masked allele

Law of Segregation

allele pairs separate during meiosis

Gregor Mendal

father of genetics

Law of Independent Assortment

the inheritance pattern of one trait will not affect the inheritance pattern of another.

F1 generation

resulting offspring from parental cross ( first cross)

Hybrid

an organism that is heterozygous for a specific trait

Punnett square

a method used to predict the possible offspring between parents of known genotypes.

Dominant

an allele that covers or hides another allele in a pair

Genetics

the study of heredity

Genotype

allele pair of an organism

Heterozygous

2 different alleles for a trait

Homozygous

2 of the same alleles for a trait