Inheritance

The features of an organism are determined by a set of chromosomes. These originate in the parents and are passed on to an offspring during fertilisation. It follows then that since chromosomes are inherited, all the features of an organism must be inherited.

Chain Reaction

Polymerisation initiated by the bonding of a free radical with a monomer.

Heterozygote

An individual having a heterozygous gene pair. A diploid or polyploid with different alleles at a particular locus.