TERMINOLOGY

Kind of breeding wherein the parents would produce offspring that would carry the same phenotype.

Self-pollination occurs when the pollen from the anther is deposited on the stigma of the same flower, or another flower on the same plant.

A gene that is expressed in an organisms phenotype, masking the effect of the recessive allele or gene when present.

The alleles of two or more different genes get sorted into gametes independently, and each gene is not influenced by each other’s sorting.

A breeding experiment designed to test the role of parental sex on a given inheritance pattern.

Basic physical and functional unit of heredity.

Lack of dominance in either of two different alleles, thus the organism's resulting physical appearance shows a blending of both alleles (Pink flower)

A gene that can be masked by a dominant gene (only shown if there are no other dominant genes)

Genetic cross between a homozygous recessive individual with an organism of unkown genotype.

One of a pair of genes that appear at a particular location on a chromosome and control the same characteristic.

Choosing parents with particular characteristics to breed together and produce offspring with more desirable characteristics.

A form of inheritance where the alleles of a gene pair in a heterozygote are fully expressed. Neither allele can mask the expression of the other allele. (Re

An organism that has heterozygous alleles (two diff alleles)

Mating between offsprings of genetically foreign parents with one of its parents or with an organism that is genetically similar to the parent.

Genetic makeup of a cell, an organism, or an individual that contributes to its trait or phenotype OR an entire set of genes

An organism that has homozygous alleles (two same alleles)

Every diploid organism gives a randomly selected allele of a trait to its offspring, in which the offspring receives one allele from each parent.

An individual's observable traits, such as height, eye color, and blood type.

The mating of unrelated organisms. Gametes of different genotypes were bring together, and the resulting individual differs from the parents.

A distinguishing quality, trait or feature of an individual, thing, disorder.

The mating of individuals/organisms that are closely related (same ancestor), and maintains uniform genotypes.