Heredity Vocabulary

In the punnett square below, each of the boxes has two letters. These letters represent the organisms...

Even one allele for the purple flower will make the flowers purple, even if an allele for white flowers is present

In the punnett square below, the combination of alleles "FF" and "ff" are known as...

In the punnett square below, the combination of alleles "Pp" is known as...

The scientific study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring is called...

The child is considered the parent's...

Freckles is considered a heritable _______________.

The molecule that carries genetic info is...

A gene is the...

An allele is one of two or more versions of a gene at a certain spot on a chromosome.

When referring to coat color, "white" would be the guinea pig's...

The diagram below is known as a...

A black rabbit needs only have one allele for black fur, a white rabbit needs two alleles for white fur because

Any change in the DNA sequence of a cell is called a...

A ___________ is made up of proteins and DNA organized into genes