Punnett square

American  

[puhn-uht skwair] / ˈpʌn ət ˌskwɛər /

noun

1. Genetics. in Mendelian genetics, a grid diagram used in breeding experiments to predict and display possible phenotypes and genotypes among the offspring.

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Example Sentences

And “Winterfell” is so dedicated to presenting every conceivable character pairing that it sometimes feels like watching a Punnett square.

From Slate

There is no Punnett square for life.

From Washington Post

According to the Punnett square, two kids at my table, Mike Henninger and Christina Stapleton, had a 100 percent chance of having a blue-eyed baby.

From Washington Post

As the genetic counselor is drawing the diagrams, I am remembering a similar one from seventh-grade science class, the Punnett square: almost fortuneteller-like, better than a Ouija board and those folded-up cootie-catchers — when the grown-up self is almost equally conceivable and impossible.

From Washington Post

There was a lot of competition in this category—Kreb’s cycle, Higgs boson, Venn diagram, Van Allen belts—but for sounding like a cube of pudding nobody ever eats that’s served with beef Wellington, Punnett square wins.

From Time