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hybrid
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offspring of two different true-breeding varieties
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monohybrid cross
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mating of two organisms that differ in only one character
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allele
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alternative form of a gene
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homozygous
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having identical alleles for a gene
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heterozygous
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having different alleles for a gene
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dominant
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descriptive of an allele in a heterozygous individual that appears to be the only one affecting a trait
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recessive
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descriptive of an allele in a heterozygous individual that does not appear to affect a trait
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Punnett square
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diagram showing the probabilities of the possible outcomes of a genetic cross
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phenotype
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observable traits of an organism
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genotype
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genetic makeup of an organism; an organism's combination of alleles
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