Biology Notes
Biology: Dr. Hensley / Mrs. Ingram
2016
Probability Vocabulary
Probability
Probability – Chance of something happening
Punnett Square – Tool to figure out possible outcomes
Homozygous – When there’s the same kind of allele, Ex: AA or aa
Mendel’s “True breeding”
Heterozygous – When there’s two kinds of alleles, Ex: Aa
Mendel’s “Hybrid”
Phenotype – “Physical type” What it looks like physically
Ex: Brown hair
Genotype – “Gene type” What alleles (letters) do I have?
Ex: BB, Bb, bb