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Mendel's genetics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| genetics | the study of inheritance |
| allele | alternate forms of a gene |
| dominant | the form of a trait that is visible whether homozygous or heterozygous |
| recessive | the form of a trait that is only visible when inherited from both parents |
| homozygous | both alleles for a trait are the same |
| heterozygous | both alleles for a trait are different |
| genotype | the actual allele pair for a trait |
| phenotype | what a trait looks like |
| law of segregation | two alleles for a trait separate during meiosis and end up in different gametes |
| law of independent assortment | there is a random distribution of alleles during gamete formation. genes on different chromosomes line up independently of each other. |
| hybrid | heterozygous organisms |