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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| genetics | study of biological inheritance patterns, and variations in organisms |
| cross | 2 organisms mating |
| probability | likelihood that a particular event will happen |
| homozygous | describes 2 same allele in locus |
| heterozygous | describes 2 different alleles at a locus |
| allele | an alternative form of gene that occurs in locus |
| genome | all of an organism genetic material |
| genotype | typically refers to the genetic make up a set of genes |
| gene | a piece of dna of instructions to the cell to make protein |
| purebred | line of plants that self pollenate for long enough, tht line becomes genetically uniform |