Matching Pairs HeredityOnline version Life Science by Melodie Gonzalez [STUDENT] 1 The process by which scientists modify the genome of an organism. 2 Any of the forms of a specific gene that can be present on the same location of a chromosome. 3 Genes that are expressed when a heterozygous genotype is present. 4 The trait that is expressed. 5 The characteristics we get genetically from our parents and our relatives before them. 6 Used to determine the probability of outcomes of offspring. 7 Determined by whether or not a dominant trait is present. 8 A person with both a dominant and recessive alleles. 9 The study of heredity, or how certain features pass parents to their offspring 10 Because a person has more genes than expressed, there are many different possible combinations of genes their offspring can have. 11 Genes that are expressed when homozygous genotypes are present. Recessive Traits Genetics Heterozygous Variation Of Traits Gene Expression Punnet Square Heredity Alleles Phenotype Dominant Traits Genetic Engineering