What Are My Child's Chances?
Definitions and Examples.
Sample space - The set of all possible outcomes.
Experimental (or empirical) probability - The ratio of number of times event occurs to the total number of trials
Complement - All of the other possible outcomes of the respective event. Example.
Theoretical probability - The ratio of number of outcomes in the event to the total number of outcomes in the sample space.
Independent events - Events where the outcome of one event does not affect the outcome of the other events. Example.
Dependent events - Two events that are not independent.
Mutually exclusive events - Events that cannot occur at the same times in a single trial.
Heredity - The passing on of characteristics from one generation to the next.
Genetics - The study of heredity.
Genes - The biological structures that control the heredity of traits.
Genotype - The pair of alleles that determines the presence or absence of a particular characteristic.
Phenotype - The trait that actually occurs.
Cross - The act of combining genes from two parents.
Punnett square - Used to help identify the possible combinations from a cross. Examples. More examples.
Glossary of genetics terms.
Examples of heredity, traits, genetics, and chromosomes.
Basic principles of genetics.
Experimental (or empirical) probability - The ratio of number of times event occurs to the total number of trials
Complement - All of the other possible outcomes of the respective event. Example.
Theoretical probability - The ratio of number of outcomes in the event to the total number of outcomes in the sample space.
Independent events - Events where the outcome of one event does not affect the outcome of the other events. Example.
Dependent events - Two events that are not independent.
Mutually exclusive events - Events that cannot occur at the same times in a single trial.
Heredity - The passing on of characteristics from one generation to the next.
Genetics - The study of heredity.
Genes - The biological structures that control the heredity of traits.
Genotype - The pair of alleles that determines the presence or absence of a particular characteristic.
Phenotype - The trait that actually occurs.
Cross - The act of combining genes from two parents.
Punnett square - Used to help identify the possible combinations from a cross. Examples. More examples.
Glossary of genetics terms.
Examples of heredity, traits, genetics, and chromosomes.
Basic principles of genetics.