Genetics
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| heredity | the passing of traits from parent to offspring
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| trait | a characteristic that an organism can pass onto its offspring
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| genetics | the study of heredity
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| fertilization | the joining of the sperm and egg
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| purebred | the offspring of many generations that have the same trait
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| genes | the set of information that includes a trait
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| alleles | the letters that represent a trait
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| dominant allele | a trait that always shows up in an organism when present
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| recessive allele | a trait that is masked by the dominant allele
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| hybrid | a organism that has two different alleles for a trait
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| probability | the chance of happening
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| Punnett Square | a chart that shows the possible combinations of a trait
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| phenotype | the physical appearance of a trait
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| genotype | the genetic make-up of a trait
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| homozygous | Purebred, same alleles
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| heterozygous | hybrid, different alleles
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| codominance | neither of two alleles of gene is dominant or recessive.
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| meiosis | the process that occurs in the formation of sex cells
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| messenger RNA |
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| Transfer RNA |
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| mutation |
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| multiple alleles |
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| sex chromosomes |
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| sex-linked genes |
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| carrier |
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| genetic disorder |
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| pedigree |
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| karyotype |
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| selective breeding |
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| inbreeding |
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| hybridization |
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| clone |
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| genetic engineering |
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| gene therapy |
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| genome |
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| Gregor Mendel |
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