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Study tool for 10 vocab words
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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. |