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Ch. 4.1 Vocab. Terms
Question | Answer |
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Heredity | The passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring. |
Trait | Each different forms of characteristics. |
Genetics | The scientific study of heredity. |
Fertilization | When a new organism begins to form when egg and sperm join together. |
Purebred | The offspring of many generations that have the same trait. |
Gene | The factors that control a trait. |
Alleles | The different forms of a gene.(letters) |
Dominant Allele | 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 | Has two different alleles for a trait. |