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C&H 3-1 Vocab
Vocab for Cells and Heredity Ch 3, section 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Trait | physical characteristics controlled by a gene |
| heredity | passing of traits from parent to offsprings |
| genetics | The scientific study of Heredity |
| purebred | An organism that always produces offspring with the same form of a trait as the parent |
| gene | factors that control traits |
| allele | a different form of a gene |
| dominant trait | when it is present, the form of the trait that it controls is always present. |
| recessive alleel | This trait is only shown when there are two copies of the allele |
| hybrid | an organism that has both forms of the allele present. |