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Genetic/Hereditary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Genetic | is the study of heredity and genes |
| Heredity | is the passing of traits from parents to offspring's |
| Characteristic | is a feature that has different forms in a population |
| Traits | the different forms of characteristics |
| Dominant trait | Masks the other traits;the trait that shows up if present Represented by a capital letter R |
| Recessive trait | The trait that recedes or hides; the recessive trait only show if both alleles are present. Represented by lower case letter r |
| Ratio | is a relationship between 2 different numbers that is often expressed as a fraction |
| Genes | one step of instructions for inherited traits |
| Allele | one of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic suck as hair color |
| Phenotype | an organisms appearance or other detectable characteristics |
| Genotype | the entire genetic makeup of an organism, also the combination of genes for one or more specific |
| Homozygous | traits are alike or same |
| Heterozygous | traits are unalike or different |
| Punnet Square | a punnett square is used to organize all the possible characteristics of offspring from particular parents |
| Probability | The likelihood that a possible future event will occur in any given instance of the event |
| Gregor Mendal | Discovered the principal of heredity while studying pea plants |