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| homozygous | Having two identical alleles for a trait
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| heterozygous | Having two different alleles for a trait
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| TT | An example of a homozygous, dominant genotype
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| Tt | An example of a heterozygous genotype
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| tt | An example of a homozygous recessive genotype
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| dominant allele | an allele whose trait always shows up in an organism
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| recessive allele | an allele that is masked (hidden) when the dominant allele is present
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| phenotype | an organism's physical appearance
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| genotype | an organism's genetic makeup
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| Punnett Square | chart that shows the possible combinations that could result from a genetic cross
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| Gregor Mendel | the Father of Genetics
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| chromatin | material in cells that contains DNA and carries genetic information
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| chromosome | during cell division, chromatin condenses into these structures
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| gene | a segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait. Each human chromosome has hundreds of genes.
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| allele | the different forms of a gene
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| trait | a characteristic that a parent can pass on to its offspring
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| genetics | the scientific study of heredity
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| nucleus | the part of the cell that contains the chromatin
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| tall or short | examples of a phenotype
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| TT, Tt, tt | examples of a genotype
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| heredity | the passing of traits from parent to offspring
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