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Mendel
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cross | Represents the combining of male and female sex cells in punnett squares. |
| Dominant | Describes a gene that is always expressed because it masks the other gene; represented by a capital letter. |
| Generation | A step in the history of a family. |
| Geneticist | A scientist that studies heredity. |
| Genetics | The study of heredity. |
| Genotype | The genetic code of an organism - represented by two letters. |
| Heredity | The passing of traits from one generation to the next by means of genes. |
| Hybrid | An organism with one dominant and one recessive gene for the same trait. |
| Inheritance | The receiving of traits from the previous generation. |
| Mendel | Studied the pea plant and developed three Laws of Heredity. |
| Phenotype | The physical appearance of an organism based on its genotype. |
| Punnett Square | A genetic tool to solve genetics problems mathematically. |
| Pure Trait | When an organism has either two dominant or two recessive genes. |
| Recessive | Describes the gene that can be masked by a dominant gene; represented by a lower case letter. The recessive trait only appears when both genes are recessive. |
| Trait | A distinguishing characteristic based on your genes (such as eye color or hair color). |