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Vocab Section 3-3
science- The Cell and Inheritance
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Probability | the likelihood that a particular event will occur |
| Punnett Square | a chart that shows all the possible allele combinations |
| Phenotype | an organisms physical appearance, or visible traits |
| Genotype | an organims genetic makeup or allele combinations |
| Homozygous | having two identical alleles for a trait |
| Heterozygous | having two different alleles for a trait |
| Codominance | a condition in which neither of two alleles are dominant or recessive |
| Meiosis | the process that occurs in sex cells (sprerm and egg) by which the number of chromosomes is reduced by half |
| Heredity | the passing of traits from parents to offspring |
| Genetics | the scientific study of heredity |