5.1 Intro to Heredity Lesson

codominance

genotype

phenotype

heterozygous

physical appearance

height

probability

genetic makeup

46 from each parent

23 from each parent

48 total

24 from each parent

a characteristic of an organism

the passing of traits from parents to offspring

a piece of DNA that controls the development of one or more traits

a different form of a gene

a different form of a gene

a piece of DNA that controls the development of one or more traits

a characteristic of an organism

the passing of traits from parents to offspring

a characteristic of an organism

a different form of a gene

a piece of DNA that controls the development of one or more traits

the passing of traits from parents to offspring

A gene is a characteristic like hair color, an allele is specific like brown hair

An allele controls what you have a gene just contains DNA

An allele is a characteristic like hair color a gene is specific like red hair

A gene is the code for who you are, alleles show what you parents look like

a different form of a gene

a piece of DNA that controls the development of one or more traits

the passing of traits from parents to offspring

a characteristic of an organism