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Heredity the passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another.
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.
Genotype the genetic constitution of an individual organism.
Phenotype the set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.
Domiant a dominant trait or gene.
Recessive relating to or denoting heritable characteristics controlled by genes that are expressed in offspring only when inherited from both parents, i.e., when not masked by a dominant characteristic inherited from one parent.
Incomplete not having all the necessary or appropriate parts.
dominance the phenomenon whereby, in an individual containing two allelic forms of a gene, one is expressed to the exclusion of the other.
Codominance Codominance, as it relates to genetics, refers to a type of inheritance in which two versions (alleles) of the same gene are expressed separately to yield different traits in an individual.
Punnett square a graphic used to perdictc the results of genetic cross
Probability Probability is simply how likely something is to happen
Ratio the quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other.
Pedigree a diagram that shows the occurrence of a genetic trait in several generation of a family
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