Unit 5 Vocabulary:
-Gregor Mendel: the father of genetics
-Alleles: represented with a single letter
Example: A, B
-Gene: a combination of 2 alleles
Example: AA, Aa, aa, BB
-Dominant: represented with a capital letter. It covers up.
Example: A, B
-Recessive: represented with a lower-case letter.
Example: a, b
-Phenotype: physical description of genotype written in words
Example: Homozygous dominant round
-Genotype: genetic makeup of organism; written with two letters or allele pair
Example: AA, Aa
-Homozygous: an organism that has the same alleles
Example: AA, BB, bb, aa
-Heterozygous: an organism that has different alleles
Example: Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd
-Probability: a number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur
-Punnett Square: a chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross
-Gregor Mendel: the father of genetics
-Alleles: represented with a single letter
Example: A, B
-Gene: a combination of 2 alleles
Example: AA, Aa, aa, BB
-Dominant: represented with a capital letter. It covers up.
Example: A, B
-Recessive: represented with a lower-case letter.
Example: a, b
-Phenotype: physical description of genotype written in words
Example: Homozygous dominant round
-Genotype: genetic makeup of organism; written with two letters or allele pair
Example: AA, Aa
-Homozygous: an organism that has the same alleles
Example: AA, BB, bb, aa
-Heterozygous: an organism that has different alleles
Example: Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd
-Probability: a number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur
-Punnett Square: a chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross