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Genetics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Heredity | the passing of traits from parents to offspring. |
| Allele | an alternative form that a gene may have for a single trait;can be dominant or recessive. |
| Genetics | the study of how traits are inherited through the actions of alleles. |
| Hybrid | an offspring that was given different genetic information for a trait from each parent. |
| Dominant | describes a trait that covers over, 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. |
| Punnett square | a tool to predict the probability of certain traits in offspring that shows the different ways alleles can combine. |
| Genotype | the genetic makeup of an organism. |
| Phenotype | outward physical appearance and behavior of an organism as a result of its genotype. |
| Homozygous | describes an organism with two alleles that are the same for a trait. |
| Heterozygous | describes an organism with two different alleles for a trait. |