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C&H 3-1 Vocab
Vocab for Cells and Heredity Ch 3, section 1
Term | Definition |
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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. |