Meiosis Vocabulary

4. The mathematical chance that an event will occur.
7. A tool to predict the chances of a trait by using the allele combinations.
10. A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.
11. Stronger trait; covers up the recessive trait, the trait that always appears in first-generation offspring.
12. An organism that has 2 identical alleles for a trait.
14. The genetic characteristic, the organism’s genetic makeup.
15. The Father of Genetics. Used pea plants to study the way traits are passed from parent to offspring. He was the first to use mathematics of probability to explain heredity.

1. The passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring
2. An organism that has 2 different alleles for a trait.
3. Alternate form of a gene for a trait; two or more forms of the same gene, they may be dominant or recessive.
5. Weaker trait; covered up by the dominant trait, the trait that seems to recede in the background in first-generation offspring. Ex: sickle cell anemia
6. A certain section of DNA on a chromosome, contains the set of instructions for each characteristic donated by the parent of the offspring. They control an organism’s form and function.
8. Place where genes are found
9. The scientific study of heredity
13. The physical characteristic, how your genetic makeup makes you look.