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