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genetics voca
Meek science genetics vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| physical characteristics of an organism | traits |
| an organisms physical apperance or visible traits | phenotype |
| the joinig of egg and sperm | fertilization |
| an organisms genetic make up or allele combination. | genotype |
| a chart that shows all the possible outcomes of a genetic cross | punnett square |
| the passing of traits from parents to offspring | heredity |
| an organism with two different alleles for a trait | heterozygous |
| an organism that has two identical alleles for a trait | homozygous |
| the scientific study of heredity | genetics |
| a situation in which both alleles are neither dominant nor recessive | codominance |
| an allele whoses trait is masked in the presence of a dominant allele | recessive allele |
| a number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur | probability |
| the final stage in the cell cycle in which the cells cytoplasm divides distributing the organelles into each of the two new cells | cytokinesis |
| an allele whose trait always shows up in an organism | dominant allele |
| the regular sequence of growth and division that cells undergo | cell cycle |
| the stage of the cell cycle during which the cell`s nucleus divides into two nuclei | mitosis |