chapter 5 heredity
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Heredity | a passing trait from a parent to offspring
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alleles | an alternate form of that a gene may have for a single trait; can be a dominant or recessive.
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genetics | the study of how traits are inherited through the actions of alleles
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hybrid | an offspring that was given different genetic information for a trait from each parent.
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dominant | describes a trait that covers over or dominant another form of that trait.
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recessive | describes a trait that is covered over
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punnet square | a tool to predict the probability of certain traits in an offspring
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genotype | the genetic make up of an organism
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phenotype | out ward physical appearance of an offspring
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homozygous | describes an organize with 2 alleles
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heterozygous | describes an organism with 2 different alleles.
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incomplete dominance | product of a phenotype.
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polygenic inheritance | happens when a group of genes act together
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sex-linked gene | an allele inherited on a sex chromosome
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genetic engineering | biological and chemical methods
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trait | a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person
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