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Genetics the study of heredity
Heredity the transfer of characteristics from parent to offspring
Alleles different factors passed from parent to offspring
Chromosomes threadlike structure of DNA and protein that contains genetic information
Dominant allele expressed/exhibit when present
Recessive allele expressed/exhibit when dominant not present(or homozygous)
Homozygous organism that have two identical alleles for the same gene
Heterozygous organism that have two different alleles for the same gene
Genotype genetic make up of an organism
Phenotype physical characteristics of an organism
Gametes sex cells
Fertilization the joining of a haploid sperm and a haploid egg to form a diploid zygote
Zygote a fertilized egg
Hybrids the offspring of "crosses" between parents with different traits
Give an example of a homozygous tt (short)
Give an example of a heterozygous Tt (tall)
Give an example of phenotype blue eyes, green eyes, brown hair, black hair...etc.
What are Gametes? it is an egg or sperm
How is a dominant allele shown? capital letter
How is a recessive allele shown? lowercase letter
Founder of genetics? Gregor Mendel
Which combination of alleles will the recessive trait be seen? tt
Which combination of alleles will the dominant trait be seen? TT or Tt
Give a Homozygous recessive tt
Give a Heterozygous dominant Tt
Created by: veronicanunez
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