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Mandelion Genetics
vocabulary to know
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alleles | matching genes: one from our biological mother, and the other from our biological father |
| Homozygous | having different alleles for a particular trait |
| Heterozygous | having different alleles for a particular trait |
| Genetics | the study of genes and heredity |
| Genes | the basic unit of heredity passed from parent to child |
| Genotype | unique sequence of DNA |
| Phenotype | the physical properties of an organism , everything you can observe from how they look and act |
| Dominant | the relationship between two versions of a gene |
| recessive | the relationship between an observed trait and the two inherited of a gene related to that trait |
| heredity | the genetic heritage passed down by our biological parents |