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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| heredity | The passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring |
| trait | Form of characteristic such as stem or seed color, is a trait |
| genetics | The scientific study of heredity |
| fertilization | a new organism begins to form when egg and sperm join in the process of fertilization |
| purebred | A organism is the offspring of many generations that have the same trait |
| gene | A factor that controls a trait |
| Alleles | The different forms of a gene |
| dominat allele | Trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present |
| recessive allele | Hidden whenever the dominat allele is present |
| Hybrid | a organism has two diffrent alleles fro a trait |
| probability | to predict the results of a particular event. |
| punnett square | is a chart that showes all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from s genetic cross |
| phenotype | Its physical appearance, or visible traits. |
| genotype | its genetic makeup, or allele combinations |
| homozygous | an organism that has two identical alleles for a trait is said to be homozygous for that trait |
| heterozygous | two diffrent alleles for a trait |
| codominance | an inheritance pattern |
| meiosis | the process by wich the number of chromosomes is reduced by half to form sex cells sperm and egg |
| messenger RNA | copies the coded message from the dna in the nucleus , and carries the message to the ribosome in the cytoplasm |
| transfer | carries amino acids to the ribosome and adds them to growing protein |
| mutation | change in gene or chromosome |