Genetics Vocabulary Crossword

An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait (hh, GG, tt)
Passing of traits from parents to offspring
An individual's observable trait (brown hair, blue eyes, etc...)
a chart or "family tree" that tracks which members of a family have a particular trait
an allele that is only expressed in the phenotype if there is not a dominant allele in the genotype it is said to be ______
Allele make-up of a person; you cannot see this (ex: PP or Pp or pp)
different forms of a gene
study of traits, genes and heredity
An allele or a gene that is expressed in an organism's phenotype, masking the effect of the recessive allele or gene when present
trait shown in phenotype (2 words)
father of genetics (2 words)
A number with a value from 0 to 1 that describes the likelihood that an event will occur.
A chart used to show all the ways genes from two parents can combine and be passed to offspring; used to predict all possible genotypes. (2 words)
one step in the line of descent of a family
segments of DNA on chromosomes that code for specific traits
the full name for DNA
the part of the cell where DNA is found
the structure of DNA (2 words)