genetic homework game
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| Heredity | The passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another.
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| Genetics | The study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics.
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| Allele | One of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.
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| Gene | A linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
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| Trait | A genetically determined characteristic or condition.
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| Dominant | The dominant form of a gene that overpowers the counterpart, or recessive, form located on the other of a pair of chromosomes.
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| Recessive | The form of a gene that is not expressed as a trait in an individual unless two such genes are inherited, one from each parent.
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| Genotype | The genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
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| Phenotype | The appearance of an organism resulting from the interaction of the genotype and the environment.
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| Homozygous | Having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.
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| Heterozygous | Having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
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| Monohybrid Cross | A genetic cross made to examine the distribution of one specific set of alleles in the resulting offspring.
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