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Genetics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Heredity | The passing of the traits from the parent to offspring |
| Trait | A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes |
| Genetics | The scientific study of heredity |
| Fertillization | Then joining of sperm and an egg |
| Purbred | The offspring of many generations that have the traits |
| Gene | The set of information that controls a trait;a segment of DNA on a chromosomes that codes for a specific trait |
| Alleles | The different forms of gene |
| Dominant allele | An allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present |
| Recessive allele | An allele that is masked when a dominant allele is present |
| hybrid | An organism that has two different alleles for a trait ;an organism that is heterogeneous for a particular trait |