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What is Purberd?
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Organism breed only in the same species over and over.
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What is a hybrid?
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Heterozygous usually referring to the offspring of two true-breeding (homozygous) individuals deffering in the traits of interest.
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What is genes?
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A hereditary unit consisting of a sequence of DNA.
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What are alleles?
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The different forms of genes.
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What is recessive?
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The opposit of dominant. A trait that is preferentially masked.
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What is F1 generation?
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Offspring of a cross between true breeding plants.
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What is F2 generation?
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Offspring of a cross involving the F1 generation.
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What is phenotype?
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The physical appearence of an organism with respect to a trait.
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What is genotype?
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The specific genetic makeup of an organism
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What is homozygous?
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Both alleles for a trait are the same in an individual.
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What is heterozygous?
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Differing alleles for a trait in an individual, such as Yy.
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What is a gamete?
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Mature reproductive cell
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What is a punnett square used for?
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To determine the probability of an offspring having a particular genotype.
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