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Vocab to learn and know
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Genetics | The study of genes and heredity |
| Genes | information that is needed to specify physical and biological traits. |
| 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. |
| Dominant | Traits that are going to be seen |
| Recessive | Traits that can not be seen |
| Heredity | the passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another. |
| Alleles | one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome. |
| Homozygous | having two identical alleles of a particular gene or genes. |
| Heterozygous | having two different alleles of a particular gene or genes. |