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17 Cards in this Set
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heredity
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passing of charecteristics from parent to offspring
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hybrid
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offspring of crosses between parents with different traits
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punnet square
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diagram showing the gene combinations that might result from genetic cross
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genotype
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genetic makeup of an organism
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codiminance
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situation in which both alleles of a gene contribute to the phenotype of the organism
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incomplete dominance
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situation in which a gene is not completley dominant over another
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genetics
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scientific study of heredity
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allele
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one number of different numbers of genes
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recessive
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trait of an organism that can be masked by the dominant form of a trait
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homozygous
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term used to refer to an organism that has two identical alleles for a particular trait
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probability
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likelihood that a particualar event will occur
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trait
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specific charecteristic that varies from one individual to another
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dominant
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observed trait of an organism that masks the recessive form of a trait
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phenotype
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physical charecteristic of an organism
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heterozygous
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term used to refer to an organism that has two different alleles for the same trait
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gene
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sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determines a trait
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polygenetic trait
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trait controlled by two or more genes
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