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Genetics
Term | Definition |
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Heredity | the passing of traits from parent to offspring |
Genetics | The study of how traits are inherited through interactions of alleles. |
Alleles | different forms of a trait that a gene may have |
Dominant trait | a trait that covers up or dominates another form of that trait. |
Recessive trait | a trait that is covered over or dominated by another form of the trait |
Homozygous | an organism with two alleles that are the same. (AA) |
Heterozygous | an organism that has two different alleles for a trait.(Aa) |
Genotype | Genetic makeup of an organism.(Aa,AA,aa). |
Phenotype | the way an organism looks and behaves as a result of a genotype |