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Genetics Unit Vocabu
| Question | Answer |
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| Heredity | the biological process where traits, like eye color or hair texture, are passed from parents to their offspring through genes |
| Trait | a specific characteristic of an individual |
| Genetics | the branch of biology studying heredity, genes, and variation in organisms, focusing on how traits (like eye color or diseases) are passed from parents to offspring via DNA |
| Fertilization | the biological process where male and female gametes (sperm and egg) unite to form a zygote, initiating the development of a new individual |
| Purebred | offspring resulting from a true breeding |
| Gene | the basic physical and functional unit of heredity, composed of a specific sequence of DNA or RNA located on a chromosome. |
| Allele | one of two or more alternative forms or versions of a gene that arise by mutation and are located at the same place (locus) on a chromosome |
| Dominant allele | a version of a gene that expresses its associated phenotype (trait) even when only one copy is present, masking the effect of a recessive allele |
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