THE PASSING OF TRAITS FROM PARENT TO OFF SPRING

THE VARIATION OF INHEARETED CHARECTERISTICS

one of two or more alternative forms of a geNE

a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring

AN ORGANISM'S INHEARETED APPEARENCE

THE INHERITED COMBINATION OF ALLELES

AN EGG OR SPERM;

, a trait that must be contributed by both parents in order to appear in the offspring

dominant trait definition. In genetics, a trait that will appear in the offspring if one of the parents contributes it

The Punnett square is a diagram that is used to predict an outcome of a particular cross or breeding experiment