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the passing of traits from parent to offspring
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heredity
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only one parent cell is needed for reproduction
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asexual reproduction
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the trait observed when at least one dominant allele for a characteristic is inherited
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dominant trait
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a trait that is apparent only when two recessive alleles for the same characteristic are inherited
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recessive trait
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the mathematical chance that an event will occur
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probability
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contains both male and female reproductive structures
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self-pollinating plant
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segments of DNA that carry hereditary instructions and are passed from parent to offspring
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genes
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different forms of a single gene
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alleles
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the inherited combination of alleles
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genotype
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an organism's inherited appearance
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phenotype
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an egg (female) or sperm (male); carries half the number of chromosomes found in body cells
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sex cells
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nuclear division in eukaryotic cells in which each cell receives a copy of the orignal chromosome
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mitosis
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cell division that produces sex cells
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meiosis
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used to visualize all the possible combinations of alleles from parents
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Punnett Square
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proposed that genes are located on chromosomes
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Walter Sutton
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