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stokes genetics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is the study of heredity | genetics |
| what is the specific characteristic of an individual | trait |
| what are the factors that are passed down from generation to generations | genes |
| the different forms of a gene | alleles |
| what is Mendel's conclusion that states that some alleles are dominant and others are recessive known as? | principle of dominance |
| aka separation | segregation |
| aka sex cells | gametes |
| the likelihood that a particular event will occur | probability |
| physical traits | phenotype |
| genetic traits | genotype |
| mathematical probability to help predict the the genotype and phenotype combinations in genetic crosses | Punnet square |
| organisms with two identical alleles | homozygous |
| organisms with two different alleles | heterozygous |