Luke+and+Jessica

Luke and Jessicas' super sweet totally awesome page about heredity

VOCABULARY  Gregor Mendel- Founder of genetics Monohybrid cross- Breeding experiment between the parents Dihybrid cross- Breeding experiment between 2nd generation offspring Homozygous- Two alleles that are present in a particular gene are the same Heterozygous- Two alleles that are present in a particular gene that are different Alleles- A alternative gene Punnett square- A table that predicts the expected outcome of a genetic cross Dominant Trait- The trait that is represented by a capital letter that is most likely to be displayed by offspring Recessive Trait- The trait that is represented by a lower case letter that is not as likely to be displayed by offspring Genetics- Traits passed down from parents to offspring

Monohybrid Cross Definition- Breeding between between the parents of offspring Dihybrid Cross Definition- Breeding experiment between 2nd generation offspring