genes
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| allele | the different form of a trait that a gene may have
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| dominate | describes a trait that covers over or dominates another form of that trait
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| genetic | the study of how traits are inherited through the actions of alleles
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| gnetic engineering | biological and chemical methods to change the arrangement of a genes DNA to improve crop production produce large volumes of medicine and change how cells perform their normal functions
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| genotype | an organisms genetic makeup
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| heredity | the passing of traits from parents to offspring
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| heterozygous | describes an organism with two different alleles for a trait
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| homozygous | desscribes an organism with two alleles that same trait
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| incomplete dominance | production of a phenotype that is intermediate between the two homozygous parents
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| phenotype | the way an arganism looks and behaves as a result of its genotype
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| polygenic inheritance | occurs when a group of gene pairs acts together and produces a specific trait,such as human eye color,skin color,or height
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| punnett square | a tool to predict the probalilty of certain traits in offspring that shows the different ways alleles can combine
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| recessive | describes a trait that is covered over or dominated by another form of trait and seems to disappear
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| sex linked gene | an allele inherited on a sex chromosome and that can cause human genetic disorders such as color blindness and hemophilia
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