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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Genetics | Study of how traits are passed from parent to offspring |
| Heredity | Passing traits from parent to offspring |
| Inherited | Trait you get from your parents through your genes |
| Traits | Specific characteristc of 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) |
| 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 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) |
| Heterozygous | 2 different alleles (Bb) hybrid |
| Pedigree | Diagram shows how a trait is passed through several generations of family |