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Heterozygous
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Refers to the pair of genes where one is dominant and one is recessive
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Homozygous
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Pair of matching alleles
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Genotype
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Genetic constitution of an individual organism
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phenotype
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Your physical appearance
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Gregor Mendel
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Father of genetics
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Meiosis
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Cell division with your daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of a parent cell
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Polygenic
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Of, relating to, or determined by Polygenes
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Incomplete dominance
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One allele does not completely dominate another allele
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Punnet square
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Diagram used to predict outcome of a particular cross or breeding experiment
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Haploid
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Single set of unpaired chromosomes
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diploid
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Containing two complete sets of chromosomes one from each parent
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Dominant
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Trait expressed
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Recessive
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Trait that remains hidden
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XX or XY
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Sex chromosomes (XX is homogametic) (XY is heterogametic)
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gene
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Unit of hereditary that is transferred from parent to offspring
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Allele
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One of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome
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sex cells/gametes
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Mature haploid male or female germ cell that is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote
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codominance
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When both trade show equally
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genetics
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study of hereditary and the variation of inherited characteristics
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Law of segregation
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Each allele separates to a separate gamete (sperm/egg)
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karyotype
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Number in visual appearences of the chromosomes in the cell nuclei of an organism or species
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