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Basic unit of inheritance many of which make up a chromosome;each controls an inherited characteristic |
Gene |
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Alternative forms of a gene that are responsible for different expressions of an inherited characteristic |
Alleles |
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Physical appearance of an organism |
Phenotype |
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The set of genes possessed by an organism |
Genotype |
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Describing the member of a pair of alleles that always show its effects and masks the presence of the recessive allele |
Dominant |
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Describing the member of the pair of alleles that is always masked by the dominant allele |
Recessive |
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Describing a genotype that contains two identical alleles of a particular gene |
Homozygous |
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Describing a genotype that contains two different alleles of a particular gene |
Heterozygous |
