one of two alternate forms of a gene that can have the same locus on homologous chromosomes and are responsible for alternative traits  (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms the particular alleles at specified loci present in an organism the regrouping of genes in an offspring that results in a genetic makeup that is different from that of the parents the condition of being polyploid  (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis of genes threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes, threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes the second stage of mitosis the first stage of mitosis  

1. allele

one of two alternate forms of a gene that can have the same locus on homologous chromosomes and are responsible for alternative traits

2. dominant

(music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale

3. genetics

the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms

4. genotype

the particular alleles at specified loci present in an organism

5. genetic recombination

the regrouping of genes in an offspring that results in a genetic makeup that is different from that of the parents

6. polyploidy

the condition of being polyploid

7. meiosis

(genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms

8. fertilization

making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure

9. crossing over

the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis

10. recessive

of genes

11. chromosomes

threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes, threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes

12. metaphase

the second stage of mitosis

13. prophase

the first stage of mitosis