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Genetics Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| heredity | passing of traits from parent to offspring |
| genetics | the study of traits and their inheritance |
| Gregor Mendel | father of genetics |
| characteristics | features such as height, color, and shape |
| traits | different forms of a characteristic (tall or short) |
| allele | one is inherited from each parent |
| homozygous | two of the same alleles or purebred |
| heterozygous | two different alleles or hybrid |
| dominant trait | masks or covers up other traits |
| recessive trait | trait that can be masked by another |
| genotype | alleles from each parent that control traits |
| phenotype | how the organisms physically looks |