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Genetics

Hybrid, Purebred, Heredity, Trait, Offspring, Gene, Alleles

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Heredity Is the passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring.
Hybrid An organism that has two different alleles for a trait.
Purebread An organism that is the offspring of many generations that have the same trait.
Trait Each different form of a characteristic, such as stem height or seed color.
Offspring A child or animal that is in blood relation with it's parent or parents.
Gene The set of information that controls trait.
Alleles Any of several forms of a gene.
Dominant Allele An allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
Recessive Allele An allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical.
Homozygous Having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.
Heterozygous Having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
Genotype The genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
Phenotype The observable constitution of an organism.
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