James' Science 12.2 Vocab

The passing of physical characteristics, or traits, from parents to offspring

The scientific study of heredity

The process in sexual reproductiuon in which a egg cell and a sperm cell join to form a new cell.

The offspring of many generations that show the same form of a trait.

The different forms of a a gene.

One whose traits always shows up in the organism when the allele is present.

An allele that is Hidden whenever the dominant allele is present.

An organism that has 2 different alleles for a trait.