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Heredity
Term | Definition |
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heredity | the passing of one's traits from parent to offspring |
allele | an alternate form that a gene may have for a single trait; can be dominant or recessive |
genetics | the study of how traits are inherited through the actions of allels |
hybrid | an offspring that was given different genetic information for a trait from each parent |
dominant | describes a trait that covers over, or dominates, another form of that trait |
recessive | describes a trait that is covered over, or dominated, by another form of that trait and seems to disappear |
Punnet square | a tool to predict the probability of certain in offspring that shows the different ways alleles can combine |
genotype | the genetic makeup of an organism |
phenotype | outward physical appearance and behavior of an organism as a result to it's genotype |
homozygous | describes an organism with two alleles that are the same trait |
heterozygous | describes an organism that has two different alleles for a trait |