the inheritance of traits from parents to offspring

the study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring

sex cell formed in the male reproductive organs that contains half the number of chromosomes as body cells

sex cell formed in the female reproductive organs that contains half the number of chromosomes as body cells.

result from mating two purebred parents with different forms of the same traits

a genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor

a genetic factor that is blocked by the presence of a dominant factor

a section on a chromosome that has genetic information for one trait

the different form of a gene

outward expression of a trait

the two alleles that control the phenotype of the trait

two alleles of a gene are the same

two alleles of a gene are different

a model used to predict possible genotypes and phenotypes of offspring

a tool that shows phenotypes of genetically related family members

the abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid

he is considered the father of genetics

these come in pairs and contain an organisms genetic information

physical characteristics of an organism

A cell containing only one set of chromosomes; gametes/sex cells (half)

A cell containing two sets of chromosomes (2n), one set inherited from each parent. (double)

Girl = XX; Boy = XY

Process in which homologous chromosomes exchange portions of their chromatids during meiosis.