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vocab

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Term
Definition
Variations   Differences  
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Albino   Lack of pigment  
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Mutations   Sudden permanent change in the genetic material  
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Identical Twins   1 egg fertilized by 1 sperm that completely separates  
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Conjoined Twins   1 egg fertilized by 1 sperm that fails to completely separates  
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Fraternal Twins   2 eggs fertilized by 2 sperm  
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Zygote   fertilized egg  
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trait   characteristic ex eye color, hair etc..  
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Adaption   Trait that enhances an organism's survival in there environment  
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Genes   Factor to determine a trait  
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Selective Breeding   Choosing parents to mate to achieve a desired result  
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inbreeding   Reproduce within the same family  
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Recessive   Only shows up if inherited from both parents, weaker  
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Dominant   Stronger gene, only need 1 to show the trait  
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Viable   Able to produce more offspring  
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Heredity   passing of traits from parents to offspring  
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Genetics   the study of heredity  
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Mendel   "the father of genetic"  
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allele   different forms of a gene  
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Hybrid   2 different alleles for the trait  
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Purebred   100% pure  
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Phenotype   physical appearance of an organism  
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Genotype   the genetic makeup of an organism  
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Pedigree   diagram that shows the inheritance of traits through several generations  
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Heterozygous   different alleles or different genotypes  
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Homozygous   the same alleles or pure genotype  
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punnet square   a chart in which to determinate the possible genotypes  
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roan   red and white coat color in cattle, co-dominant inherited  
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chromosome   long rod-like structures that carry genes in the nucleus  
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DNA   deoxyrobonucleic acid- carries genetic information  
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nucleotide   building block of DNA  
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Karyotype   a picture of a persons chromosomes  
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