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Genetics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Heredity | - Passing of traits from parent to offspring. |
| Allele | - A different form a gene may have for a trait. |
| Genetics | - The science of how traits are inherited through alleles passed from one generation to another. |
| Dominant | - The form of a trait that appears to dominate or mask another form of the same trait. |
| Recessive | - The form of a trait that seems to disappear when a dominant trait is present. |
| Punnett square | - A tool that shows how genes can combine; used to predict the probability of types of offspring. |
| Genotype | - The genetic makeup of an organism for a trait. |
| Homozygous | - An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait. |
| Heterozygous | - An organism that has two different alleles for a trait. |
| Phenotype | - A physical trait that shows as a result of an organism’s particular genotype. |
| Sex-linked gene | - An allele inherited on a chromosome. |
| Pedigree | - A diagram that shows the occurrence of a trait in a family. |
| Genetic engineering | - Biological and chemical methods to change a cell’s DNA sequence to produce desirable traits or eliminate undesirable traits. |
| Genome | - A map of the location of individual genes on every chromosome of an individual. |