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Science Heredity
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Gregor Mendel | an Austrian Monk who experiments on "pea plants |
| Mendel's Laws of Heredity | inherited traits are controlled by genes that occur in pairs called alleles |
| P Generation | (true breeding parents) |
| F Generation | (Hybrids) all plants have purple flowers |
| Gene | factor that controls a trait |
| Dominate Traits | traits that are expressed |
| Recessive Traits | traits are covered up or masked |
| Heredity | the passing of genetic material (traits) from parent to off spring |
| Punett Squares | shows how crosses are made |
| Probality | the chances percentages that something will occur |
| Genotype | the types of Genes (Alleles) present Ex. Bb,Tt,Rr,Ff |
| Phenotype | what it looks like Ex. Tall, blue eyes, Red hair |
| Homozygous | how of same alleles Ex.TT, aa, ff, BB, RR |
| Heterozygous | two different alleles Ex.Rr, Tt |
| Dominate | a term applied to the trait (allele) that is expressed |
| Recessive | a term applies to a trait that is only expressed when the second allele is the same |