Genetics
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| Allele | The different forms of a gene such as a dominant or recessive, represented by a letter.
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| Dominant Gene | Represented by a capital letter.
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| Recessive Gene | Represented by a lower case letter.
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| Sexual Reproduction | Two parents produce an offspring with a mix of traits from both parents.
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| Asexual Reproduction | One parent produces an offspring that is one exact copy of the parent.
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| Chromosome | Carries genetic information that controls inherited characteristics such as eye color.
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| Gene | A set of intructions for an inhereited trait found in a section of DNA.
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| Trait | The specific forms of a characteristic that are passed onto offspring through genes.
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| Heredity | The passing of traits from parents to offspring.
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| Homozygous (pure bred) | Two of the same alleles; both dominant or both recessives; RR or rr.
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| Heterozygous (Hybrid) | Two different alleles; one dominant with one recessive; Rr
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| Phenotype | The physical characteristic of a person (visible trait).
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| Genotype | The genetic makeup of allele combinations.
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| Dominant Allele | An allele whose trait is always visible when the allele is present.
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| Recessive Allele |
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| Genetics | The study of heredity.
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