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ganetics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| heredity | the passing of trait from parent to offspring |
| allele | an alternate form of a trait may have,cannot be dominant or recessive |
| genetics | the study of how traits are inherited through actions of alleles |
| hybrid | an offspring that was given different genetic information for a trait from each parent |
| dominant | describes a trait that covers, or dominates, another form of that trait |
| recessive | describes a trait that is covered over, or dominated, by another form of that trait and seems to disappear |
| punnetsquare | a tool to predict the probability of certain traits in offspring that shows the different ways alleles can combine |
| genotype | the genetic makeup of a organism |
| phenotype | out ward physical and behavior of an organism as a result of its genotype |
| homozygous | describes an organism that has two of the same alleles for a trait |
| heterozygous | describes an organism with two different alleles for a trait |