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Heredity Vocabulary

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genetics Study of how traits are passed from parent to offspring.
heredity Passing off traits from parent to offspring
inherited trait you get from your parents through your genes.
Trait Specific characteristic or feature of an organism.
Gene section of DNA that helps determine a trait (hair colors)
Allele type of gene(brown hair)
Dominant allele that is shown; capital letter
recessive allet that is hidden;lowercase letter
genotype genetics(BB , Bb)
phenotype Physical (blue eyes)
punnett square diagram used to predict genotypes of offspring
probability likelihood or change of something happening
purebred two identical alleles
hybrid two different alleles
ratio tells how many one thing in comparison to another
mutated DNA that has undergone a change
Gregor mendall father of genetics
homozygous 2 identical alleles(BB,BB) purebred
heterozygous 2 different alleles(Bb)Hybrid
pedigree diagram shows how a trait is passed through several generations of family
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