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Vocab section 3-1
science vocab
Question | Answer |
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Trait | a characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes |
Heredity | the passing traits from paarents to offspring |
Genetics | the study of heredity |
Purebred | an organism that always produces offspring with the same form of trait as the parent |
Gene | a segment of dna on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait |
Allele | the different forms of genes |
Dominant Allele | an allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present |
Recessive Allele | an allele that is masked when a dominant allele is present |
Hybrid | an organism that has two different allels for a trait |
Probability | the likelihood that a particular event will occur |