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Heredity vocab
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Genetics | Study of how traits are passed from parent to offspring |
| Heredity | passing of traits from parents to offspring |
| inherited | trait you get from your parents through your gens |
| trait | specific characteristics or feature of an organ |
| Gene | section of DNA that helps determine a trait |
| 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) |
| Punnet square | diagram used to predict genotypes of offspring |
| Probability | likelihood or chance of something happening |
| purebred | two identical alleles (BB,bb) |
| hybrid | two different allele (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 trait is passed through several generations of a family |