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NGMS Genetics
beginning of genetics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| two of the same alleles | homozygous |
| two different alleles | heterozygous |
| Father of Genetics | Gregor Mendel |
| trait shows when present | dominant allele |
| trait is hidden if a dominant allele is present | recessive allele |
| different forms of a gene | allele |
| passing of genetic traits from parents to offspring | heredity |
| the scientific study of heredity | genetics |
| offspring of many generations that have the same trait | purebred |
| organism that two different alleles for a trait | hybrid |
| structure built from thousands of genes and made of DNA | chromosome |
| an organism's allele combination | genotype |
| an organism's trait result from genes (physical) | phenotype |
| segment of DNA on a chromosome that controls the formation of a trait | gene |