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Heredity Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Genetics | study of how traits are passed from parent to offspring. |
| Heredity | passing of traits from parent to offspring. |
| Inherited | trait you get from your parents through your genes. |
| Trait | specific characteristics or feature of an organism. |
| Gene | section of DNA that helps determine a trait (hair color). |
| Allele | type of gene (brown hair). |
| Dominant | allele that is shown; capital letter. |
| Recessive | allele that is hidden; lowercase letter. |
| Genotype | genetics (BB, Bb) |
| Phenotype | physical (blue eyes). |
| Punnett | diagram used to predict genotypes of offspring. |
| Probability | likelihood or chance of something happening. |
| Purebred | two identical alleles. |
| Hybrid | two different alleles. |
| Ratio | tells how many of one thing in a comparison to another. |
| Mutated | DNA that has undergone a change. |
| Gregor Mendall | father of genetics. |
| Homozygous | 2 identical alleles (BB, Bb) Aurebred. |
| Heterozygous | 2 different alleles (BB) Hybrid. |
| Pedigree | diagram shows how a trait is passed, through several generations of a family. |