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14 Cards in this Set
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allele
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the different forms of a trait that a gene might have.
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heredity
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the passing of traits from the parent to the offspring.
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genetics
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the study of the interaction of alleles
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hybrids
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an organism with two completely different set of genetics
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dominant
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factor that covers the recessive
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recessive
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factor that is covered up by dominant
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genotype
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genetic make-up
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phenotype
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way an organism acts because of its genotype
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homozygous
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organism with 2 alleles that are the same
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heterozygous
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organism with two different alleles
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Punnett Square
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a tool that is a box divided into four pieces using letters to represent the dominant and recessive traits
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incomplete dominance
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when 2 homozygous parents show an intermediate phenotype
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Polygenic inheritance
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when a group of gene pairs act together to produce a trait
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sex-linked genes
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allele inherited on a sex chromosome
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