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