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Genetics & DNA

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Allele   An alternate form that a gene may have for a single trait; can be DOMINATE or recessive.  
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Dominate   Describes a trait that covers over, or dominates, another form of that trait.  
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Genetics   The study of how traits are inherited through the actions of alleles.  
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Genotype   The genetics makeup of an organism.  
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Heredity   The passing of traits from parent to offspring.  
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Heterozygous   Describes an organism with two different alleles for a trait.  
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Homozygous   Describes an organism with two alleles that are the same trait.  
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Hybrid   Offspring that was given different genetic information for a trait from each parent.  
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Phenotype   Outward physical appearance and behavior of an organism as a result of its genotype.  
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Punnett Square   Tool used to predict the prbability of certain traits in offspring that shows the different ways alleles can combine.  
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Recessive   Describes a trait that is covered over, or dominated, by another form of that trait snd seems to disappears.  
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