Genes vocabulary Flashcards

Genetics

Science of heredity

Punnet square

Graph to predict the results of genetic cross

Heredity

Passing genetic traits to offspring

Hybrid

Animal or plant with 2 different species as parents

Phenotype

Traits that can be observed

Pedigree

Simplied graph of family's genealogy

Sex linked gene

Genes that are in gene chromosomes

Mutation

When DNA changes permitly

Speciation

The origin of a new species

Genetic engineering

A tech used to modify genes