Matching Pairs Inherited traits Online version Inherited traits , genes and alleles by MARIA SALAZAR 1 Dominant and recessive alleles 2 Human beings 3 A dominant allele 4 Inherited traits 5 A recessive allele 6 DNA 7 Alleles 8 A trait 9 The Punnet square 10 Genes 11 Chromosomes are contains genes are responsible for heredity. transmits the trait and is represented by a capital letter is a physichal characteristic have 46 chromosomes is useful to show the way alleles from both parents can combine does not transmit the trait and is represented by a lower case letter are the forms that genes can take formed by genes. contain differences among species and individuals. are transmitted from parents