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