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the passing of traits from parents to offspring.
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Heredity
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The trait observed in the first generation when parents that have different traits are bred.
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Dominant Trait
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A trait that reappears in the second generation after disappearing in the first generation when parents with different traits are bred.
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Recessive Trait
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One set of instructions for an inherited trait.
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Gene
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The different forms of a gene are called...
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Alleles
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An organism's appearance or other detectable characteristic....
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Phenotype
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The entire genetic make-up of an organism; also the combination of genes for one or more specific traits.
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Genotype
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Chromosomes that have the same sequence of genes and the same structure.....
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Homologous Chromosomes
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Is a copying process that produces cells with half the usual number of chromosomes.
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Meiosis
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Carry genes that determine sex.
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Sex chromosomes
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