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Definitions for heredity and genes

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Definition
phenotype   physical appearance,Adam sandler has black hair.  
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Genotype   The alleles that make up the gene. YY, Yy, yy  
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Homozygous   Means the same alleles also purebred.BB or bb  
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heterozygous   means different alleles also hybrid.Bb  
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Gene   The alleles that make up the genetic info.  
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allele   different form of the gene ex.B<<<<allele b<<<<<alllele  
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Trait   a characteristic.Eye color,height,ears,nose,etc.  
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Heredity   passing of traits from parents to offspring.  
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genetics   study of heredity.  
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dominate   always shows up in organism,even when other allele present.  
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recessive   hidden whenever dominate is present.  
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acquired trait   organism develops after born  
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chromosomes   46 chromosomes in human,23 in egg or sperm  
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manipulated trait   trait people dilibratly change  
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