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genetics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Heredity | the passing of traits from parents off spring. |
| Trait | a character instinct that is passed on to the rest of the offspring |
| Fertilization | the joining of a sperm and a egg. |
| genetics | the scientific study of heredity. |
| purebred | the off spring of many generations that have the same trait. |
| gene | the state of information that controls a trait a segment of DNA. |
| alleles | the different form of gene |
| dominant allele | an allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele present. |
| recessive allele | an allele that is masked when a dominant is presint |
| hybrid | an organism that shows that has two different allele for a trait. |
| probibility | a number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur. |
| punnet squre | a chart that shows all the possible combination of alleles that can result from a genetic cross. |
| phenotype | an organisms physical appearance or visible traits. |
| genotype | an organisms genetic make up or allele combinations. |
| homozygous | having two different genes. |
| codomince | a condemnation in which neither two alleles of a gene are dominant |
| meiosis | the processes of formation that occurs during the sex cells |
| messenger RNA | RNA that copies the coded message for dna from inside the nucleus. |
| transfer RNA | RNA in the cytoplasm that carries an amino acid. |
| Mutation | a change in a gene or chromosome. |
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