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heredity |
the passing of traits from parents to offspring |
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trait |
A characteristic that an organism can pass onto its offspring through its genes |
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genetics |
The scientific study of heredity |
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fertiliztion |
The joining of a sperm and an egg |
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purebred |
Is the offspring of many generations that have the same traits |
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gene |
The set of information that controls a trait |
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alleles |
The different forms of genes |
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dominant allele |
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recessive allele |
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hybrid |
An organism that has two different alleles for a trait |
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probability |
A number that describes how likely it is that an event will acar |
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punnet square |
A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles |
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phenotype |
An organisms physical appearance, or visible traits |
