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genetics of science
for life science
Question | Answer |
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study of the inheritance(passing from parents to offspring)of traits | genetics |
an organism that is the offspring of parents with similar genetic makeups; usually the result of many generations of such breeding | purebred |
mating specific organisms to test how traits are inherited | cross |
ancestors are not alike | hybrid |
the way an organism looks its physical characteristics | phenotype |
specific factors an organism possesses | genotype |
used to visualize the way Mendel's theories work | Punnett squares |
abnormal traits that are passed on through genes | inherited disorders |
people who have the genes for a trait but do not express the trait themselves | carriers |