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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| heredity | the passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another. |
| trait | a specific characteristic |
| genetics | the study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics |
| fertilization | the action or process of fertilizing an egg, female animal, or plant, involving the fusion of male and female gametes to form a new cell |
| purebred | an offspring of many generations that has the same form of a trait |
| gene | a unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring. |
| allele | one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome. |
| dominant allele | an allele whose trait always shows up in organism when the allele is present |
| recessive allele | an allele that is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present |
| hybrid | the making of mix of animals and or plants |