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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| heredity | is the passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring |
| trait | each different form of a characteristic,such as stem height or seed color |
| genetics | is the scientific study of heredity |
| fertilization | a new organism begins to form when egg and sperm join in the process |
| purebred | organism is the offspring of many generations that have the same trait |
| gene | the factors that control a trait |
| alleles | are the different forms of a gene |
| dominant allele | is one whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present |
| recessive allele | is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present |
| hybrid | organism that has two different alleles for a trait |
| probability | to predict the results of a particular event |
| punnett square | a tool that can help you understand how the laws probability apply to genetics |
| phenotype | two useful terms that geneticists |
| genotype | is it's genetic makeup.or allele combinations |
| homozygous | an organism that has two identical alleles for a trait |
| heterozygous | an organism that has two different alleles for a trait |
| codominance | an inheritance pattern |
| meiosis | is 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 acids to the ribosome and adds them to the growing protein |
| mutation | any change in a gene or chromosome |