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Unit 5
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Heredity | the passing of genetic material from parent to offspring |
Gene | one set of instructions for and inherited trait |
Allele | one if the alternative forms of genes that governs character differences, such as hair color |
Genotype | the entire genetic makeup of an organism:also a combination of genes of one or more specific genes |
Phenotype | a test model of a product |
Dominant | In genetics, describes an allele that is fully expressed whenever the allele is present in an individual |
Recessive | describes and allele that will be masked unless the organism is homozygous for the trait |
Incomplete dominance | a condition in which two alleles are expressed such that the phenotype of a heterozygous individual is an intermediate of the of the phenotypes of two homozygous parents |
Codominance | a condition in which two alleles are expresses such that the phenotype of a heterozygous individual is a combination of phenotypes of the two homozygous parents |
Punnett square | a graphic used to predict the results of a genetic cross |
Probability | the likly hood that a possible future event will occur in any given instance |
Ratio | a comparison of two numbers using division |
Pedigree |