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Heredity. Vocabulary. Get the definitions for the following terms from your text: gene genotype genome phenotype allele homozygous heterozygous dominant recessive. Law of Segregation. Organisms inherit two copies of each gene, one from each parent
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Vocabulary Get the definitions for the following terms from your text: gene genotype genome phenotype allele homozygous heterozygous dominant recessive
Law of Segregation • Organisms inherit two copies of each gene, one from each parent • Organisms donate only one copy of each gene in their gametes • Two copies of each gene segregate, or separate, during gamete formation
Flower Color In pea plants: The allele for violet flower color (B) is dominant The allele for white flower color (b) is recessive
Punnett Square Carrier mother G g G GG Gg Carrier father 50% 25% g Gg gg 50% 25% Child with CF