Vocabulary
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| heredity | the passing of traits from parents to offspring
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| genetics | the science of heredity
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| gene | the section of DNA that codes for one specific trait
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| Gregor Mendel | the Father of generics
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| trait | characteristics such as leaf shape or eye color that are passed from parent to offspring
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| dominant trait | a genetic trait that expresses itself more strongly that another trait
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| recessive trait | a genetic trait that is hidden by a dominant trait
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| Punnett square | a tool that shows how genes can combine; used to predict the results of genetic crosses
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| homozygous | an organism with two identical units for a trait
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| heterozygous | an organism with two identical units for a trait
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| hybrid | an organism with a dominant unit and a recessive unit for a trait
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| phenotype | the external appearance of an organism
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| genotype | the genetic makeup of an organism
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| incomplete dominance | a condition where two units (genes) for a trait are both expressed (example: read and white flowers produce pink flowers)
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| Human Genome Project | a project designed by scientists around the world to map the location of every gene on all the human chromosomes
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| allele | the different forms of a gene
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| asexual reproduction | the reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent
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| sexual reproduction | the reproductive process that involves two parents who combine their genetic material to produce a new organism, which differs from both parents
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