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Genetics Vocab

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Two forms of a gene (dominant or recessive)   Alleles  
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Piece of DNA that codes of a trait, basic physical and functional unit of heredity   Gene  
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Any characteristic that can be passed from parent to offspring   Trait  
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Traits that must be passed through DNA and cannot be changed   Inherited traits  
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Learned behaviors that are not passed through DNA   Acquired traits  
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Passing of traits from parent to offspring   Heredity  
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Study of heredity   Genetics  
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Stronger of two possible alleles, represented by a capital letter   Dominant  
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Gene that shows up less often in a cross, lowercase letter   Recessive  
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Gene combination for a trait, described by letters only (ex. BB, Bb, or bb)   Genotype  
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Physical feature resulting from a genotype (ex. brown eyes)   Phenotype  
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hybrid, both alleles are different   Heterozygous  
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pure bred, both alleles are the same   Homozygous  
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diagram used to predict probabilities of different offspring   Punnett Square  
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Scientist that first studied genetics in detail   Gregor Mendel  
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a synonym for homozygous   Pure Bred  
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a synonym for heterozygous   Hybrid  
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has a trait but it is not showing   Carrier  
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both phenotypes will show in a hybrid (ex. red and white spotted flowers)   codominance  
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both phenotypes will mix to produce a unique phenotype for hybrids (ex. pink flowers from white and red flowers)   incomplete dominance  
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