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Ch 11 Science
Science Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| allele | the different form of a trait that a gene may have |
| dominant | descries a trait that covers over, or dominates, another form of that trait. |
| genetics | the study of how traits are inherited through the actions of alleles for a trait |
| heterozygous | describes an organism with two different alleles for a trait |
| homozygous | describes an organism with two alleles that are the same for a trait |
| hybrid | an offspring that was given different genetic information for a trait from each parent |
| incomplete dominance | production of a phenotype that is intermediate between the two homozygous parents |
| phenotype | the way an organism looks and behaves as a result of its genotype |
| punnett square | a tool to predict the probability of certain traits in offspring that shows the different ways alleles can combine |
| recessive | describes a trait that is covered over, or dominated, by another form of that trait and seems to disappear |
| sex-linked gene | an allele inherited on a sex chromosome and that can cause human genetic disorders such as color blindness and hemophilia |