Dominant; applied to an allele of a gene that is fully expressed
in both the heterozygous and homozygous condition
Recessive; applied to an allele that in a diploid
organsim is only fully expressed in the homozygous
condition, it is marked in the heterozgous condition
Allele; One of the forms of a gene which in eukaroytes
occupies a specific locus on a chromosome
Heterzygous; in a diploid organism, having two different alleles for a partcular gene
Homozygous; In a diploid organism, having two identical alleles for a particular gene