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heredity
| 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 characteristic 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; capital letter |
| genotype | genetics [BB,Bb] |
| phenotype | physical [blue eyes] |
| punnett square | diagram used to predict genotypes of offspring |
| probability | likelihood or chance of something happening |
| purebred | two identical alleles [BB,Bb] |
| hybrid | two different alleles [Bb] |
| ratio | tells how many of 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, though several generations of a family |