THE FUNDAMENTAL AND DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OR QUALITIES OF SOMEONE OR SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY WHEN REGARDED AS UNCHANGEABLE.

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

Found in the nucleus
Carries genetic information in the form of genes

A trait that will appear in the offspring if one of the parents contributes it

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

An organism that carries a gene for a trait but does not show the trait itself. Carriers can produce offspring that express the trait by mating with another carrier of the same gene.

The transmission of genetic characters from the parents to offspring

any of several forms of a gene, usually arising through mutation, that are responsible for hereditary variation.

Having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic

Having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics

The sperm and egg of living things. Sex cells have only half the number of chromosomes that other cells

The outward appearance of an organism; the expression of a genotype in the form of traits that can be seen and measured, such as hair or eye color.

A combination of alleles situated on corresponding chromosomes that determines a specific trait.

The Punnett square is a square diagram that is used to predict the genotypes of a particular cross or breeding experimen

The kind of reproduction in which it is not necessary to have two parents to produce offspring. The reproduction of single-celled organisms through fission, and the production of spores in some plants and plantlike organisms, are examples of asexual reproduction.

The production of a new living thing by two parent organisms, with each parent contributing half the material in the DNA of the offspring.