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vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| punnett square | A tool to predict the probability of certain traits in offspring that shows the different ways alleles can combine |
| dominat | describes a trait that covers over another form of that trait |
| recessive | describes a trait that is covered over by another form of that trait and seems to disappear |
| HOMOzygous | describes an organism with two different alleles for a trait |
| HETEROzygous | Describes and organism with two different alleles for a trait |
| phenotype | outward physical appearance of an organism as a result of it genotype |
| allele | the different forms of a trait |
| genotype | the genetic makeup of an organism |
| heredity | the passing of traits from parent of offsping |
| Homozygous dominant | two CAPITAL= AA |
| homozygous recessive | two LOWER case=aa |
| homeozygas | one upper case, one lower case= Aa |