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The Passing of traitsfrom parents to offspring
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Heredity
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What are genes?
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Units of instruction that produce or influence a specific trait in the offspring.
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Where are genes located?
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On Chromosomes
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What are offspring that differ from their parents in one or more traits?
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Hybrids
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What does dominent mean?
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genes that determine the expression of the genetic trait in offspring.
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What does recessive mean?
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genes are overruled by dominant genes, which determine the genetic trait.
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What does Segregation mean?
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refers to the separation of paired enes during meiosis.
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What does Hybrids mean?
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the result from crossers between parents that are genetically dissimilar.
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What does Genotype mean?
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refers tp the genes an organism contains.
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What does Phenotype mean?
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observable traits of an organism that arise because of the interaction between genes and the enviorment.
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What does Homozygous mean?
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a genotype in which both genes of a pair are identical.
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What does Heteroxygous mean?
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a genotype in which the gene pairs are different
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What are Alleles?
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They are two or more alternate forms of a gene.
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What is a Monohybrid cross?
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It involves one gene pair of contrasting traits.
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What is a Punnett square?
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It is a chart used by geneticsists to show the possible combinations of alleles in offspring.
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