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Genetics Notes
Notes #10 All 10 words from KIM Chart in GEN book
Term | Definition |
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Dominant | The allele that masks the expression of the recessive allele. |
Recessive | The allele whose expression is masked by the dominant allele. |
Phenotypes | The physical characteristics of an organism. |
Genotype | The genetic makeup of an organism. |
Chromosomes | Strands of genetic material inside the cell that contain information that codes for the traits of an organism. |
Genetic material | Genetic information in an organism that is passed down from generation to generation. |
Gene | The location on the chromosome that contains the instructions for a particular trait. |
Alleles | Different forms of a gene. |
Homozygous | when an organism has two identical alleles for a particular gene. |
Heterozygous | when an organism has two different alleles for the same gene. |