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Chapter 5 Lesson 1
patterns of inheritance
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| heredity | the passing of traits from parents to offspring |
| dominant allele | an allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present |
| recessive allele | an allele that is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present |
| probability | a number that describes how likely it is that a particular event will occur |
| genotype | an organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations |
| phenotype | an organism's physical appearance, or visible traits |
| quantify | the collection, recording and analyzing of Mendel's data results |
| factor | something that determines something else |