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Heredity
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| heredity | the passing of one's traits from parent to offspring |
| allele | an alternate 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 allels |
| 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 |
| Punnet square | a tool to predict the probability of certain 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 to it's genotype |
| homozygous | describes an organism with two alleles that are the same trait |
| heterozygous | describes an organism that has two different alleles for a trait |