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Unit 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Heredity | The passing of traits from parents to offspring |
| Hybrid | An organism that has two different alleles fro a trait;an organism that is heterozygous for a particular trait |
| Purebread | The offspring of many generations that have the same trait |
| Trait | A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its gene |
| Offspring | |
| Gene | The set of information that controls a trait; a segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait |
| Allels | The different forms of a gene |
| Dominant | An allele whose trait always shows up in an organism when the allele is present |
| Recessive | An allele that is masked when a dominant allele is present |
| Homozygous | |
| Heterozygous | |
| Genotype | |
| Phenotype | |
| Meiosis | |
| Haploid | |
| Diploid | |
| Mutation | |
| Insertion | |
| Deletion | |
| Subsitution | |
| Sex-Linked Genes | |
| Carrier | |
| Sex Chromosomes | |
| Genetic Disorder | |
| Pedigree | |
| Selective Breeding | |
| Inbreeding | |
| Hybridization | |
| Clone | |
| Genetic Engineering | |
| Gene Therapy |