Inheritance

Heredity: Is is the passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring

Trait: A different form of characteristic from one thing to another.

Genetics: The scientific study of heredity

Fertilization: When male and female reproductive cells combine to create new organisms

Purebred: A purebred organism is the offspring of many generations that have the same trait.

Gene: Factors that control a trait.

Alleles: A different form of a gene.

Dominant Allele: A dominant allele is one whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present.

Recessive Allele: A recessive allele is one whose trait is hidden when the dominant allele is present.

Hybrid: A hybrid organism has two different alleles of a trait.