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New Vocabulary - genetic

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Definition
Homozygous   Two of the same form of a gene—one from mom and the other from dad  
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Heterozygous   Two different forms of a gene—one from mom and the other from dad are different.  
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Zygote   Male gamete combines with the female gamete resulting in a zygote.  
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Alleles   Different forms of a gene, which produce variations in a genetically inherited trait.  
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Asexual Reproduction   Fungi and bacteria reproduce this way and only takes one individual.  
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Sexual Reproduction   Takes two individuals create an offspring. This has type of reproduction creates more variation in the population.  
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Genotype   Internal heredity information that contain genetic code. Two alleles together.  
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Phenotype   The physical trait that shows in an organism based on the genotype.  
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Dominant Allele   Dominant allele of a gene shows its specific trait even if only one parent passed the gene to the child.  
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Recessive Allele   Recessive gene shows its specific trait when both parents pass the gene to the child.  
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Heredity Trait   Passing on of traits from parents to their offspring; either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction  
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Sperm Cells   Male Sex Cells  
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Gamete / Egg Cell   Female Sex Cells  
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Chromosome   Chromosomes are tiny structures inside cells made from DNA and protein  
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Offspring   The product/child after sexual or asexual reproduction is finished  
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Hybrid   Offspring that are the result of mating between two genetically different kinds of parents  
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Pure Bred   Offspring that are the result of mating between genetically similar kinds of parents  
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Meiosis   Cell division in specialized tissues of ovaries and testes which results in the production of sperm or ova  
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Mitosis   Type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus  
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Punnet Sqaure   Simple graphical method of showing all of the potential combinations of offspring genotypes  
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Co-Dominance   The traits expressed by the alleles to be equal in the phenotype. There is neither a complete dominance or incomplete dominance of one trait  
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Ms. Snyder's Favorite Colors   Green and Yellow  
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Genes   Genes are parts of DNA and carry hereditary information passed from parents to children  
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