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genatics

TermDefinition
Heredity Is the passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring
Trait Is a characteristics like eye color and hair color
Genetics The scientific study of heredity
Ferttillization When egg and sperm cells join in a process
Purebread Is an off spring of many generations that have the same trait
Gene The factors that control a trait
Alleles Are different forms of genes
Dominant Alleles Is one whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present
Recessive Alleles Is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present
Hybrid An organism that has two different alleles for a trait
Probability Is to predict the results of a particular event
Punnet square Is a chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can form in a genetic cross
Phenotype Is the organisms visible traits
Genotype Is the organisms genetic makeup
Homozygous Is when an organism that has two identical alleles for a trait
Heterozygous Is when an organism has two different alleles for a trait
Codominace Is that alleles are neither dominant or recessive
Meiosis Is the process in which the number of chromosomes is reduced by half to form sex cells
Messenger RNA copies the coded message from DNA in the nucleus
Transfer RNA carries amino acids to the ribosome and adds growing protein
Mutation Is any change in a gene or chromosomes
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