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heredity |
passing of physicalcharacteristics from parents to offspring |
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trait |
Each different form of a characteristic, such as stemheight or seed color |
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genetics |
study of genes |
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fertilization |
A new organism begins to form whenegg and sperm join in the process |
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purebred |
d organism is the offspring of many generationsthat have the same trait |
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gene |
the factors that control a trait |
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Alleles |
differentforms of a gene |
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An organism’s traits are controlled by the alleles it inheritsfrom its parents. Some alleles are dominant, while otheralleles are recessive. |
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dominant allele |
one whose traitalways shows up in the organism when the allele is present |
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recessive allele |
on the other hand, is hidden whenever thedominant allele is present |
