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punnett square

Noun B2 – Upper-Intermediate

A diagram used to predict the possible combinations of genes that offspring might inherit from two parents.

"A punnett square showed that a quarter of the offspring would be expected to have the recessive trait."

A punnett square shows possible genetic outcomes, not guaranteed ones, each offspring's actual genotype is still down to chance.