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Punnett Square
Question | Answer |
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Heredity | the process in which traits are passed from parents to offspring. |
Genetics | the study of heredity and how traits in offspring are based upon those of the parents. |
Punnett square | a grid system that can be set up and used to predict the possible outcomes that may result from the mating process between two individuals, when their genotypes are known |
Genotype | the genetic make-up of an organism. |
Alleles | all the forms of a gene for any given trait. There are usually two allele possibilities for every trait. |
phenotype | the physical result of a gene combination. |
Dominance | when one allele can mask the presence of another. |
Recessive | a characteristic that is masked by the presence of a dominant allele. |
Homozygous | the occurrence where the paired alleles for a specific trait, are identical. |
Heterozygous | when the genes that an offspring receives are different |