Gene: is a unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring. An example is hair or eye color
Allele: is different forms of a gene. An example would be how tall or short.
Homozygous: is two alleles that are the same trait. An example would be two alleles for straight hair.
Heterozygous: is two different traits like one for staright and one for curly hair.
Dominant: is the stronger form of an allele. Like the grey fur is the stronger one
Recessive: is the weaker form of an allele. Like white hair is the least likely.
Pheneotype: is the physical apperance.
Genotype is the genetic makeup of an organism.
