BY: LOGAN KRUPOVAGE

A DISTINGUISHING QUALITY OR CHARACTERISTIC

A TRAIT THAT WILL APPEAR IN THE OFFSPRING IF ONE OF THE PARENTS CONTRIBUTES IT.

CARRYS THE GENETIC INFORMATION IN THE FORM OF A GENE

THE PASSING ON OF PHYSICAL OR MENTAL CHARACTERISTICS GENETICALLY FROM ONE GENERATION TO ANOTHER.

A UNIT OF HEREDITY THAT IS TRANSFERRED FROM A PARENT TO OFFSPRING AND IS HELD TO DETERMINE SOME CHARACTERISTIC OF THE OFFSPRING.

RECESSIVE TRAITS CAN BE CARRIED IN A PERSON'S GENES WITHOUT APPERARING IN THAT PERSON

ONE OF TWO OR MORE ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF A GENE THAT ARISE BY MUTATION AND ARE FOUND AT THE SAME PLACE ON A CHROMOSOME.

THE PUNNETT SQUARE IS A DIAGRAM THAT IS USED TO PREDICT AN OUTCOME OF A PARTICULAR CROSS OR BREEDING EXPERIMENT.

THE SET OF OBSERVABLE CHARACTERISTICS OF AN INDIVIDUAL RESULTING FROM THE INTERACTION OF ITS GENOTYPE WITH THE ENVIRONMENT.

RECESSIVE TRAITS CAN BE CARRIED IN A PERSON'S GENES WITHOUT APPEARING IN THAT PERSON. FOR EXAMPLE, A DARK-HAIRED PERSON MAY HAVE ONE GENE FOR DARK HAIR, WHICH IS A DOMINANT TRAIT, AND ONE GENE FOR LIGHT HAIR, WHICH IS RECESSIVE.

HAVING A PAIR OF ALLELES

A PAIR OF GENES WHERE ONE IS DOMINANT AND ONE IS RECESSIVE

THE FUNDAMENTAL AND DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OR QUALITIES OF SOMEONE OR SOMETHING,

A MICROSCOPIC SINGLE-CELLED ORGANISM THAT HAS NEITHER A DISTINCT NUCLEUS WITH A MEMBRANE NOR OTHER SPECIALIZED ORGANELLES. PROKARYOTES INCLUDE THE BACTERIA AND CYANOBACTERIA.

A EUKARYOTE IS ANY ORGANISM WHOSE CELLS CONTAIN A NUCLEUS AND OTHER ORGANELLES ENCLOSED WITHIN MEMBRANES.