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Study tool for 10 vocab words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Dominant | the allele that masks the expression of the recessive allele. |
| Recessive | the allele whose expression is masked by the dominant allele. |
| Phenotype | the physical characteristics of an organism |
| Genotype | the genetic makeup of an organism. |
| Homozygous | when an organism has two identical alleles for a particular gene. heterozygous: |
| Heterozygous | when an organism has two different alleles for the same gene. |