Genetics Vocabulary

5. An alternate form of a gene for a specific trait or gene product.
7. The passing of genes from parents to offspring; the genes are expressed in the traits of the offspring.
8. A characteristic that results from practice.
13. A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
14. Reproduction in which male and female reproductive cells combine to form offspring with genetic material from both cells.
15. The study of heredity.
16. The observable characteristics of an organism.

1. A chart used to show all the ways genes from two parents can combine and be passed to offspring.
2. A segment of DNA on a chromosome.
3. Having two different alleles of a particular gene or genes.
4. The genetic makeup of an organism; all the genes that an organism has.
6. When two different copies are present in the genotype.
9. A characteristic that is passed from parent to offspring.
10. The new organisms produced by one or two parent organisms.
11. A particular gene that has identical alleles on both homologous chromosomes.
12. An allele that is not expressed when combined with the dominant form of the gene.