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genetics of science
for life science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| study of the inheritance(passing from parents to offspring)of traits | genetics |
| an organism that is the offspring of parents with similar genetic makeups; usually the result of many generations of such breeding | purebred |
| mating specific organisms to test how traits are inherited | cross |
| ancestors are not alike | hybrid |
| the way an organism looks its physical characteristics | phenotype |
| specific factors an organism possesses | genotype |
| used to visualize the way Mendel's theories work | Punnett squares |
| abnormal traits that are passed on through genes | inherited disorders |
| people who have the genes for a trait but do not express the trait themselves | carriers |