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| Heredity Passing of genetic traits from parents to offspring | Probability
The possibility that an event will occur in the future
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| dominant trait the trait that will show up most often, always covers up any other trait if present | Hybrid
An organism that has two different alleles (genes) for a trait, also called heterozygous
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| recessive trait the trait that will not show up most often, will be covered up if dominant trait is present | Purebred
An organism that always produces offspring with the same form of a trait as the parent, has the same genes for a trait (homozygous)
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| Homozygous An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait, means the same as purebred | Heterozygous
having two different alleles for a trait, means the same as hybrid
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| Gene the genetic instructions for a specific trait | Genotype
An organism's genetic makeup, tells exactly what the gene structure is
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| Allele Different forms of a gene, can be dominant or recessive |
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| Phenotype An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits. |
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