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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring. | heredity |
| Each different form of characteristic, such as stem height or seed color. | trait |
| The scientific study of heredity. | genetics |
| The process of when new organism begins to form when egg and sperm join | fertilization |
| Organism is the offspring of many generations that have the same trait. | purebred |
| Factors that control the trait. | gene |
| The different forms of a gene. | alleles |
| Trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present. | dominant allele |
| Hidden when the dominant allele is present. | recessive allele |
| An organism the has two different alleles for a trait. | hybrid |