Matching Pairs Inherited traits Online version Inherited traits , genes and alleles by MARIA SALAZAR 1 A trait 2 Genes 3 Dominant and recessive alleles 4 DNA 5 Inherited traits 6 The Punnet square 7 Alleles 8 A recessive allele 9 Chromosomes are 10 A dominant allele 11 Human beings are transmitted from parents transmits the trait and is represented by a capital letter are responsible for heredity. formed by genes. 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 contain differences among species and individuals. is a physichal characteristic have 46 chromosomes contains genes are the forms that genes can take