MVMS Genetics Vocab
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| Allele | The different forms of a trait that make up a gene pair
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| Dominant | The trait that covers over or dominates another trait
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| Genetic engineering | Biological and chemical methods to change the arrangement of DNA
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| Genetics | The study of how traits are inherited through the actions of alleles
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| Genotype | The genetic makeup of an organism
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| Heredity | The passing of traits from parent to offspring
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| Heterozygous | An organism that has two different alleles for a particular trait
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| Homozygous | An organism that has the same alleles for a particular trait
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| Hybrid | An offspring that was given different genetic information for a trait from each parent.
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| Incomplete dominance | A phenotype that is intermediate between the two homozygous parents
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| Phenotype | The physical appearance or behavior of an organism as a result of its genotype
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| Polygenic inheritance | Occurs when a group of gene pairs acts together to produce a specific trait
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| Punnett square | A chart used to predict the probability of traits in offspring
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| Recessive | A trait that is covered up, or dominated, by another form of the trait and seems to disappear.
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| Sex-linked gene | An allele on a sex chromosome. Can cause human genetic disorders such as color blindness and hemophilia
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