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heredity vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| genetic | 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 |
| allele | type of gene |
| dominant | allele that is shown ; capital letters |
| recessive | allele that is hidden ; lowercase letters |
| genotype | genetics |
| phenotype | physicals |
| punnet square | diagram used to predict genotypes of offspring |
| probability | likelihood or chance of something happening |
| purebred | 2 identical alleles |
| hybrid | 2 different alleles |
| ratio | tells how many of one thing in comparison |
| mutated | DNA that has undergone a change |
| Gregor mendall | father of genetics |
| homozygous | 2 identical alleles purebred |
| heterozygous | 2 different alleles hybrid |
| pedigree | diagram shows how a trait is passed through several generations of a family. |