Recessive Allele
Dominant Allele
Gene
23
46
Heterozygous
2
Homozygous
Phenotype
Allele
Mutations
Genotype
DNA
Heredity
People with two different alleles. Capital letter with a lower case letter
Number of alleles that make up a gene
An organism's physical appearance for a trait. What the trait/gene looks like visually
Whatever set (2) of alleles a person has for a gene (trait). Like 2 capital letters or 2 lower case letters
Characteristic (trait) of the offspring like hair color, eye color, blood type, etc.
Passing traits to your child
When you have two identical alleles (HH or hh)
differences in our genes comes about due to this
The instructions for building all living things
An allele in a gene that is weaker or gets covered up by the stronger allele in a gene. Lower case letter
Number of chromosomes each person has
Half of a trait/gene (like hair color) comes from each parent. Half the trait (one letter) is this...
Number of chromosomes each parent pass to the child
An allele in a gene that is stronger or covers up the weaker allele in a gene. Capital letter (H)
