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Genetics vocabulary
Contains words and description
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 repressive 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 | when an organism has two different alleles for the same gene |