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Define the following terms: heredity, trait and character. |
Heredity is the transmission of traits from one generation to the next. A character is a heritable feature that varies among individuals. A trait is a variant of a character. |
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define the following terms: allele, homozygous, heterozygous, dominant, recessive, phenotype, genotype |
Genotype: the alleles of an organism.Phenotype: the characteristics of an organism. Dominant allele: an allele that has the same effect on the phenotype whether it is present in the homozygous or heterozygous state. Recessive allele: an allele that only has an effect on the phenotype when present in the homozygous state. Homozygous: having two identical alleles of a gene. Heterozygous: having two different alleles of a gene. phenotype: the expressed trait of an organism Genotype: the genetic make up of an organism |
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