Recessive		the female reproductive portion of the flower that collects the pollen
Genetics		a cross between individuals that involves one pair of contrasting traits
Selfpollination		the transmission of traits from parents to their offspring
Codominance		the crossing of an individual of unknown genotype with a homozygous recessive individual to determine the unknown genotype
Homozygous		the number of times an event is expected to happen divided by the number of opportunities for an event to happen
Completedominance		the probable ratio of genotypes produced by a cross
independentassortment		ability to always pass on a specific trait to offspring
Probability		a reproductive process in which pollen from one plant is transferred to the stigma of another plant
F1generation		the offspring of cross-pollinated P1 generation plants
F2generation		the study of the structure and function of chromosomes and genes
Allele		a cross between individuals that involves the pairing of contrasting traits
Genotypicratio		the external appearance of an organism that is determined by the individual’s genotype
Phenotypicratio		denotes a plant that is pure for a certain trait
Testcross		the transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma of a flower of the same species
Heredity		the offspring of self-pollinated F1 generation plants
Pure		in genetics, a category within which alternate characteristics, such as height and eye color, can be observed
Crosspollination		pollination involving the same flower, flowers on the same plant, or two genetically identical plants
Punnettsquare		the genetic makeup of an organism
Trait		referring to a gene pair in which the two alleles code for the same trait
Moleculargenetics		law stating that pairs of genes separate independently of one another in meiosis
Incompletedominance		an alternative form of a gene
Genotype		a model used to establish the probabilities of the results of a genetic cross
segregation		an inheritance relationship in which one allele is completely dominant over the other; both Bb and BB have the same phenotype
Dihybridcross		the field of biology devoted to understanding how traits are passed from parents to offspring
Phenotype		the male reproductive organ which creates pollen
Monohybridcross		an inheritance relationship in which neither of two alleles of the same gene totally masks the other
Heterozygous		referring to an allele that masks the presence of another allele for the same characteristic
Dominant		an inheritance relationship that occurs when both alleles influence the phenotype
Pollination		referring to a gene pair in which the two alleles do not code for the same trait
Strain		law stating that pairs of genes separate in meiosis and each gamete receives one gene of a pair
Anther		a ratio stating the number of times a specific phenotype occurs in a population in a single generation
Stigma		referring to an allele that is masked by the presence of another allele for the same characteristic