Glossary: Mendelian Inheritance

Use this glossary to review the definitions of terms from the Mendelian Inheritance pathway.

Topics

  • glossary
  • allele
  • branch diagram
  • characteristic
  • complete dominance
  • cross-pollination
  • cultivation
  • dihybrid
  • dihybrid cross
  • dominant allele
  • dominant phenotype
  • dominant trait
  • fertilization
  • first filial (F1) generation
  • gamete
  • gene
  • gene R
  • gene Y
  • genetic cross
  • genetics
  • generation time
  • genome
  • genotype
  • genotypic ratio
  • Gregor Mendel
  • heredity
  • heterozygous
  • homologous chromosomes
  • homozygous
  • hybrid
  • law of independent assortment
  • law of segregation
  • meiosis
  • model organism
  • monohybrid cross
  • mutation
  • offspring
  • parental (P) generation
  • phenotype
  • phenotypic ratio
  • pistil
  • Pisum sativum
  • pollination
  • pollinator
  • probability
  • product rule
  • progeny
  • Punnett square
  • recessive allele
  • recessive phenotype
  • recessive trait
  • reciprocal cross
  • second filial (F2) generation
  • self-pollination
  • sequenced genome
  • stamen
  • sum rule
  • testcross
  • trait
  • true-breeding