Genetics
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heredity | passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring
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trait | each specific characteristic
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genetics | study of heredity
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purebred | offspring with similar traits produced over many generations
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gene | factor that controls traits
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allele | different forms of a gene
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dominant allele | strongest trait
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recessive allele | weakest trait
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hybrid | organism with two different alleles for a trait
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probability | number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur
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Punnett square | chart that shows possible combinations of alleles that could occur in the offspring
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phenotype | physical, visible traits
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genotype | genetic make up - the alleles
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homozygous | identical alleles - rr or RR
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heterozygous | two different alleles - Rr
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purebred | organism with two of the same alleles for a trait
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