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Heredity
heredity | passing of traits to offspring |
alleles | different forms of a trait that make up a gene pair |
genetics | the study of how traits are inherited |
hybrid | a plant that receives different genetic info (alleles) for a trait from each parent |
dominant | factor that dominates, or covers up, the short form |
recessive | factor that "disappears"-not visible if dominant trait is present |
punnett square | a tool used to predict the number of times certain traits will occur |
genotype | genetic makeup of an organism |
phenotype | the way an organism looks and behaves as a result of its genotype |
homozygous | two alleles are the same for a particular trait |
heterozygous | two alleles are different for a particular trait |