| A | B |
| reproduction | creating a new organism |
| trait | an inherited characteristic |
| test cross | to determine the genotype of the parent |
| generations | P, F1, F2 |
| allele | a version of a gene |
| dominant | a fully expressed trait or allele |
| recessive | an allele that is not expressed |
| homozygous | PP |
| heterozygous | Pp |
| genotype | PP, Pp, pp |
| phenotype | visible trait |
| punnett square | determines the likely outcomes of a cross |
| x-linked disease | color blindness |
| pedigree | family genetic history |
| polygenic character | several genes influence one trait |
| codominance | checkered animal |
| genetic disorder | inherited disease |
| linked | genes that are close together on a chromosome |
| pmatpmat | meiosis |
| crossing over | genetic change during meiosis |
| law of independent assortment | random distribution of chromosomes |
| pmat | mitosis |
| gamete | sex cell |
| 4 sperm/1 egg | meiosis |