Genetics Vocabulary
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heredity | passing of traits from parent to offspring
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genetics | the study of traits and their inheritance
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Gregor Mendel | father of genetics
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characteristics | features such as height, color, and shape
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traits | different forms of a characteristic (tall or short)
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allele | one is inherited from each parent
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homozygous | two of the same alleles or purebred
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heterozygous | two different alleles or hybrid
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dominant trait | masks or covers up other traits
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recessive trait | trait that can be masked by another
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genotype | alleles from each parent that control traits
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phenotype | how the organisms physically looks
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