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Genetics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Heredity | Passing of physical characteristics from parents to off-springs. |
| Fertilization | New organisms begins to form when egg and sperm join in the process. |
| Purebread | Organism is the offspring of many generations that have the same trait. |
| Gene | Factors that control a trait |
| Alleles | Different forms of a gene. |
| Dominant allele | One whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is prensent |
| Recessive Allele | Hidden whenever the dominant allele is present |
| Hybird | Organism has two different alleles for trait |
| Probability | Predict the results of a particular event |
| Punnet Square | A chart that shows all the possible combination of alleles that can result from genetic cross. |
| Phenotype | Physical appearance, or visible traits. |
| Genotype | Its genetic makeup, or allele combinations. |
| Codominance | Alleles are neither dominant nor recessive. |
| Meiosis | The process by which the number of chromosomes is reduced by half to form sex cells-Sperm and eggs. |
| Messenger RNA | Copies the coded message from the DNA in the nucleus, and carries the message to the ribosome in the cytoplasm |
| Transfer RNA | Carries amino acides to the ribosomes and added them to the growing protein, |
| Muatation | Can cause to produce an incorrect protein during protein synthesis. |