#heredity

• DNA — Deoxyribonucleic acid; a complex macromolecule formed by a double helical strand of nucleotides, which constitutes the material basis of genetic information in all living organisms and most viruses. Structurally, it contains the genes responsible for heredity, development, and biological functioning, primarily located within the cell nucleus.
• Allele — One of the alternative forms or molecular variants of the same gene, structurally located at the same locus on a homologous chromosome. Alleles determine different variations of the same phenotypic trait (such as eye color or blood type), interacting with each other through relations of dominance, recessiveness, codominance, or incomplete dominance within diploid organisms.
• Allelomorph — 1. One of the alternative forms or molecular variants of the same gene, occupying the same locus on a homologous chromosome and controlling different variations of the same phenotypic trait; an allele. 2. Presenting allelomorphic characteristics, structures, or properties, belonging to a pair of alternative genes that interact through relations of dominance or recessiveness.
• Autosome — A scientific term synonymous with autosome; any of the somatic chromosomes of an organism that is identical in structure and number in both sexes, as opposed to heterochromosomes or sex chromosomes (allosomes). Humans possess a structural set of 22 pairs of autochromosomes that store and transmit non-sexual hereditary information.