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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 you parents throught you genes |
| Trait | specific charateristic or feature of an organism |
| Gene | section of DNA that helps determine a trait (heir 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 square | diagram used to predict genotypes of offspring |
| Probability | likelihood or chance of something happening |
| Purebred | two identical alleles (BB, Bb) |
| Hybird | 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) Hybird |
| Pedigree | diagram shows how a trait is passed, throgh several generations of a family |