| A | B |
| Genotype | the genetic composition |
| Phenotype | the observable traits |
| Dominant alleles | form of the trait that will be expressed |
| Recessive alleles | must have both of these to be expressed |
| Independent Assortment | one allele has no effect on an allele present at a different gene |
| Incomplete Dominance | a blend of the two extremes |
| Codominance | two different alleles are expressed equally |
| Mutation | heritable change in DNA sequence |
| Homozygous | two alleles are identical |
| Heterozygous | paired alleles are different from each other |