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the mating of organisms to test how they inherit traits |
cross
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an organism's genetic make-up
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genotype
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having the same alleles for a particular trait |
purebred |
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the characteristic that is expressed only in the absence of a dominant allele
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recessive
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the characteristic that is expressed even when a recessive allele is present |
dominant |
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one form of a gene for a particular trait |
allele |
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the male sex chromosome |
y chromosome
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the female sex chromosome |
x chromosome |
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the study of heredity |
genetics |
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having two different alleles for a particular trait |
hybrid
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an individual that possess a gene for a specific trait, but does not exhibit (show) that trait |
carrier |
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characteristic |
phenotype
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