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Heredity The passing on of characteristics from parents to offspring.
Trait Characteristics that are inherited.
Genetics The branch of biology that studies heredity.
Gamete Male and Female sex cells.
Fertilization A process in which the male gamete unites with the female gamete.
Zygote The cell resulting from fertilization.
Pollination The transfer of pollen grains from a male reproductive organ to a female reproductive organ in a plant.
Hybrid The offspring of parents that have different forms of a trait.
Allele Alternate forms of a gene
Dominant The dominant form of a gene overpowers the counterpart, or recessive, form located on the other of a pair of chromosomes.
Recessive An allele that is not expressed phenotypically when present in the heterozygous condition.
Law of Segregation The law of segregation states that every individual has two alleles of each gene and when gametes are produced, each gamete receives one of these alleles.
Phenotype The way an organism looks and behaves
Genotype The allele combination an organism contains.
Homozygous The two alleles for a trait are the same.
Heterozygous The two alleles for a trait differ from each other
Law of Independent Assortment Genes for different traits are inherited independently of each other.
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