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Unit 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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