How are traits inherited?

Vocabulary:

Phenotype: The physical characteristics of an organism

Genotype: the genetic codes an individual carries

Homozygous Dominant: a genotype of TT

Homozygous Recessive: a genotype of tt

Heterozygous: A genotype of Tt

Dominant: a trait that overpowers another; if there is a dominant gene in the genotype, the organisms phenotype will be dominant as well

example: Tt and TT both show a phenotype of tall as a plant

Recessive: a trait that must be present in two copies to show up in the phenotype

example: tt is the only possibility to show the phenotype of short

Label each parent's genotype and put one parent on each side of the square. Then each box inherits the gene from each parent as shown below.