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Genetics
Genetics | Definition |
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heredity | passing of traits from parents to offspring |
traits | specific characteristics of |
homozygous | organisms with two identical alleles for the same trait |
heterozygous | organisms with 2 different alleles for the same trait |
phenotype | physical characteristic |
genotype | genetic characteristic, set of genes |
dominant | stronger of the 2 alleles, is expressed |
recessive | weaker of the 2 genes, is usually masked by stronger alleles |
allele | one form of a trait |