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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.
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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