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chapter 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| hereditary | passing of traits from parent to offspring |
| hybrid | the offspring of two organisms with different traits |
| recessive | the recessive trait or gen: a |
| genotype | genetic makeup |
| dominant | the overpowering trait or gene: A |
| punnett square | tool used to predict the result in genetics |
| alleles | different forms of a trait that a gene may have |
| heterozygous | 2 different alleles: Aa |
| genetics | the study of how traits are inherited through interactions of alleles |
| phenotype | the way the organisms looks and behaves |
| homozygous | 2 alleles that are the same: aa |