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Heredity
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| heredity | passing of traits to offspring |
| Gregor Mendel | Father of Genetics |
| self-pollinating plant | a plant that has both male and female reproductive parts |
| true breeding | a plant or animal either two dominant or two recessive cells for a single trait |
| trait | distinguishing quality that can be passed from one generation to another |
| dominant trait | the trait observed when at least one dominant allele for a characteristic is inherited |
| recessive trait | a trait that is apparent only when two recessive alleles for that trait are injerited |
| Punnett square | a tool used to visualize all possible combinations of alleles from parents |
| phenotype | an organism's inherited appearance |
| genotype | the inherited combination of alleles for trait |
| alleles | different forms of a single gene |
| hybrid | an organism with a combination of two alleles for a characteristic |