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Heredity
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the passing traits from parent to offspring
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dominant trait
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the trait that seemed to vanish
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recessive trait
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the trait that seemed to recedi into the background
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genotype
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the inherited combination of alleles
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phenotype
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an organism's appearance
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probability
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the mathematical chance that an event will occur
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sex cells
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the parent cells that are different from ordinary body cells.
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homologous chromosomes
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the chromosomes in each pair
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meosis
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produces new cells with half the usual number of chromosomes
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sex chromosomes
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carry genes that determine whether the offspring is male or female
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