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4.2, 4.3, 4.4 voc
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| probability | to predict results of a particular event |
| punnett square | chart that shows all the possible combinations of allele that can result from a genetic cross |
| phenotype | physical appearance |
| genotype | genetic makeup |
| homozygous | two identical alleles |
| heterozygous | two different alleles |
| codominance | neither dominant nor recessive |
| meiosis | process that chromosomes is reduced by half to form sex cells |
| messenger RNA | copys the coded message from DNA in the nucleus and carries the message to the ribosome |
| Transfer RNA | carries amino acids to the ribosome and adds them to growing protein |
| mutation | any change in gene or a chromosome |