Genetics
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Heredity | The passing of traits from parents to offspring
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Gene | factors that control traits
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Alleles | The different forms of a genes
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Homozygous (Purebred) | An organism that has that has 2 of the same alleles for a trait.
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Heterozygous (Hybrid) | An organism with 2 different alleles for a trait
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Trait | a characteristic
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Genetics | The study of heredity
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Phenotype | The way the organism looks
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Genotype | The genetic makeup or combination of alleles in a organism
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Dominant Allele | The allele that always shows up in a organism even when the other allele is present.
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Recessive Allele | The allele that is hidden when ever the dominant allele is present
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Punnet Square | The way to figure out what your phenotype and genotype is for a specific trait. (You need to know you parents genotypes to find yours)
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Acquired trait | A trait an organism develops afters it is born
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Inherited trait | A trait that was passed down to you
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Environmental (example) | A Flamingo is pink because it eats pink food
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Manipulated (example) | The coiling of bamboo because it was created by humans. (breeding animals to get the most desirable trait)
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Learned (example) | The ability to ride a skateboard by learning and remembering skills and imformation
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