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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Genetics | the scientific study of heredity |
| fertilization | during sexual reproduction male and female reproductive cells join in a process known as...to produce a new cell |
| trait | a specific characteristic suck as a hair color or height from a parent |
| hybrids | the offspring of croses between parents with different traits |
| genes | factors passed from parents to offspring |
| alleles | different form of a gene |
| principle of dominance | mentdels second conclusion |
| segregation | seperation of alleles during gamete formation |
| gametes | sex cell |
| probability | likely hood that something will happen |
| homozygous | having to identical alleles for a particular gene |
| heterozygous | having two different alleles for a particular gene |
| phenotype | physical characteristics of an organism |
| genotype | genetic makeup of an organism |
| punnett square | use mathematical probability to help predict the genotype and phenotype combinations in genetic crosses |