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Genetics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Heredity | the passing of traits from parent to offspring |
| Genetics | The study of how traits are inherited through interactions of alleles. |
| Alleles | different forms of a trait that a gene may have |
| Dominant trait | a trait that covers up or dominates another form of that trait. |
| Recessive trait | a trait that is covered over or dominated by another form of the trait |
| Homozygous | an organism with two alleles that are the same. (AA) |
| Heterozygous | an organism that has two different alleles for a trait.(Aa) |
| Genotype | Genetic makeup of an organism.(Aa,AA,aa). |
| Phenotype | the way an organism looks and behaves as a result of a genotype |