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Heredity
| Question | Answer |
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| allele | one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome. |
| gene | a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring: |
| evolution | 1 the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth. |
| genotype | Biology the genetic constitution of an individual organism. Often contrasted with phenotype. |
| natural selection | the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring. |
| punnet square | The Punnett square is a diagram that is used to predict an outcome of a particular cross or breeding experiment. |
| trait | a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person: |
| recessive | undergoing an economic recession: |
| phenotype | the set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment. |
| mutation | the action or process of mutating: |