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Genetics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| phenotype | the organism's appearance |
| genotype | the alleles an individual has for a given trait |
| recessive | the allele that is not expressed when paired with a dominant allele |
| dominant | the allele that is always expressed |
| pollination | when sperm in a plant is transferred to the egg of the same or different plant |
| fertilization | when egg and sperm come together to form a zygote |
| homozygous | having 2 of the same alleles for a trait |
| heterozygous | having 2 different alleles for a given trait |
| allele | a gene that contains specific information about a trait |