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Trait |
A distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person
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Gene |
The molecular unit of heredity of a living organism. The word is used extensively by the scientific community for stretches of deoxyribonucleic acids (DNA) and ribonucleic acids (RNA) that code for a polypeptide or for an RNA chain that has a function in the organism
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Phenotype |
Meaning "to show", and typos, meaning "type") is the composite of an organism's observable characteristics or traits, such as its morphology, development, biochemical or physiological properties, phenology, behavior, and products of behavior (such as a bird's nest) |
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Genotype |
The genetic makeup of a cell, an organism, or an individual usually with reference to a specific characteristic under consideration
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Dominant Trait |
The first allele is dominant and the second allele is recessive. For genes on an autosome (any chromosome other than a sex chromosome), the alleles and their associated traits are autosomal _______ or autosomal recessive. _________ is a key concept in Mendelian inheritance and classical genetics
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Recessive Trait |
_________ can be carried in a person's genes without appearing in that person. For example, a dark-haired person may have one gene for dark hair, which is a dominant trait, and one gene for light hair, which is recessive
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Punnet Square |
The __________ is a diagram that is used to predict an outcome of a particular cross or breeding experiment. It is named after Reginald C. Punnett, who devised the approach. The diagram is used by biologists to determine the probability of an offspring having a particular genotype
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Pedigree |
The record of descent of an animal, showing it to be purebred
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Hybrid |
In biology a hybrid is mix of two animals or plants of different breeds, varieties, species or genera. Using genetics terminology, it may be defined as follows
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Purebred |
(of an animal) bred from parents of the same breed or variety
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