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Vocab Section 3-3
science- The Cell and Inheritance
Question | Answer |
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Probability | the likelihood that a particular event will occur |
Punnett Square | a chart that shows all the possible allele combinations |
Phenotype | an organisms physical appearance, or visible traits |
Genotype | an organims genetic makeup or allele combinations |
Homozygous | having two identical alleles for a trait |
Heterozygous | having two different alleles for a trait |
Codominance | a condition in which neither of two alleles are dominant or recessive |
Meiosis | the process that occurs in sex cells (sprerm and egg) by which the number of chromosomes is reduced by half |
Heredity | the passing of traits from parents to offspring |
Genetics | the scientific study of heredity |