Genetics vocabulary

4. a type of inheritance in which two versions of the same gene are expressed separately into another person.
5. offspring of parents that differ in genetically determined traits.
10. a table in which all of the possible outcomes for a genetic cross between two people with known genotypes are given
11. One of two or more DNA sequences occurring at a particular gene locus.
12. having two different alleles of a particular gene or genes.
13. how likely something is to happen.
14. the scientific study of genes and heredity
15. most important or powerful.

1. having two identical alleles of a particular gene.
2. the set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.
3. a distinguishing quality or characteristic.
6. relating to or denoting heritable characteristics controlled by genes that are expressed in offspring only when inherited from both parents
7. investigate the genetic constitution of (an individual organism).
8. a unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to child to create the characteristics of the offspring.
9. union of a sperm nucleus, of paternal origin, with an egg nucleus, of maternal origin, to form the primary nucleus of an embryo.
12. the passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another.