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Heredity the passing on of characteristics from parents to offspring
Genetics the branch of biology that studies heredity
Gametes the male and female sex cells
Fertilization the male gamete uniting with the female gamete
Zygote the fertilized cell
Pollination the transfer of pollen from the male to the female reproductive organ in a plant
Hybrid the offspring of parents that have different forms of a trait, such as tall and short height
Alleles the alternative forms that genes exist in
Dominant the only trait out of the two that was observed
Recessive the trait that disappeared
Law of segregation states that every individual has two alleles of each gene and when gametes are produced
Phenotype the way an organism looks and behaves
Genotype the allele combination an organism contains
Homozygous for a trait if its two alleles for the trait are the same(TT)
Heterozygous for a trait if its two alleles for the trait to differ from each other(Tt)
Law of independent assortment genes for different traits are inherited independently of each other
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