Heredity
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| Gregor Mendal | The monk who studied pea plants and researched heredity and genetic traits.
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| Heredity | The passing of inherited characteristics from generation to generation.
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| DNA | The chemical code inside each cell that determines a person's traits.
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| Dominant Trait | A genetic trait that appears in the first generation (child) and covers up the recessive trait.
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| Recessive Trait | A weaker trait, covered by a dominant trait in the first generation. It shows up in the 2nd (grandchild) or later generations.
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| Gene | One set of instructions for an inherited trait on the chromosomes.
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| Genotype | The genes and inherited instruction for organisms. Not all can be seen.
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| Phenotype | The physical inherited characteristics that CAN be seen in an organism, such as hair, eye and skin color.
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| Punnett Square | A chart that can predict all the possible combinations of offspring from particular parents.
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| Pedigree Chart | A diagram used to trace inherited traits through many generations of family.
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| Homozygous Traits | Inheriting 2 of the same genes for a genetic trait (purebred). Example: BB for brown eyes or bb for blue eyes.
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| Heterozygous Traits | Inheriting 2 different genes for a genetic trait, (hybrid). Example: Bb for brown eyes.
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| Alleles | A different form of the same gene, (ex. hair color) that controls an inherited trait.
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