Autosomal | This gene is independant of sex; it affects both sexes equally. |
Sex linked | This gene has a different effect on different sexes. |
Dominant | An organism (plant/animal) with a single copy of this gene shows the effects of this gene. |
Recessive | This gene has is not evident unless the organism (animal/plant) has two copies of this gene. |
Homozygous | The organism has two copies of this gene. |
Heterozygous | The organism has only one copy of this gene. The matching gene is different. |
Phenotypic | The gene produces visible or otherwise identifable effects. |
Sport | The organism exhibts traits not associated with recombinations of its parents' genes. It has a phenotype produced by a mutation or other genetic variation (cross over for example). |