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Genetic Vocab

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Genotype   entire genetic makeup of a organism  
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Mitosis   A process of cell division that form two new nucleus each which has the same amount of chromosomes  
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Meiosis   A process in cell division during which the number of chromosomes decreases to half of the original number by two divisions of the nucleus with results in the production of sex cells  
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Recessive trait   a trait that is apparent only when two recessive alleles for the same characteristics are inherited  
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chromosomes   in a eukaryotic cell, one of the structures in the nucleus that are made up of Dn  
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Heredity   the passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring  
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Gene   one set of instructions for an inherited trait  
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sperm cell   a male reproductive cell of animals and plants that can unite with an egg cell to form a new individual cell  
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egg cell   a female reproductive cell of animals and plants that can unite with a sperm cell to form a new individual  
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reproduction   of or relating to a kind of reproduction that does not involve the combining of male and female cells  
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asexual   formed by, characterized by, or being a process of reproduction (as the dividing of one cell into two cells) that does not involve the combining of male and female germ cells  
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Phenotype   an organismĀ“s appearance or other detectable characteristic  
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Alleles   one of the alternate forms of a gene that governs a characteristics such as hair and color  
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Dominant trait   the trait observed in the first generation when different parents that have different trai breeds  
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DNA   A molecule thatĀ“s present in all living things and cells and contains the info that determines the traits that a living thing inherits  
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