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allele
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alternate form that gene may have for single trait can be dominant or ressecive
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dominant
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trait dominates another form of that trait
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Genetic Engineering
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biological and chemical methods to change arrangement of genes DNA to improve crop production, produce large volumes od medicine, and change how cells perform their normal functions
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Genetics
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study of how traits are inherited through the actions of alleles
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Genotype
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genetic makeup of an organism
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Heterozygous
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organism with two different alleles for a trait
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Homozygous
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organism with two of the same alleles
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Hybrid
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Offspring that was given different genetic info for a trait from each parent
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Incomplete dominance
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production of a phenotype that is intermediate between the two homozygous parents
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phenotype
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outward pysical apperiance and behavior of an organism as a result of its genotype
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polygenic inheritance
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group of gene pairs acts toggether and produces a specific trait such as human eye color, skin color or height
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Punnett square
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a tool to predict probibility of certain traits in offspring that shows the different ways alleles can combine
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recessive
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a trait that is covered over or dominated by another form of that trait and seems to disappear
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sex linked gene
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an allele inherited on a sex chromosome that can cause human genetic disorders such as color blindness and hemophilia
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