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Heredity   The passing of physical characteristics from parent to offspring  
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Trait   A quality or characteristic  
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Offspring   Two parent's child or creation  
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Gene   A segment of DNA that controls a trait  
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Alleles   The different forms of a gene (ex for eye color gene, allele would be brown eyes)  
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Genetics   The scientific study of heredity  
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Recessive Allele   An allele that is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present  
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Dominant Allele   One whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present  
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Homozygous   An organism who has two identical alleles for a trait  
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Heterozygous   An organism who has two different alleles for a trait  
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Genotype   An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations  
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Phenotype   An organism's physical appearance or visible traits  
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Genetic Disorder   An abnormal condition that a person inherits through genes or chromosomes  
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Carrier   A person who has one recessive allele for a trait but does not have the trait  
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Genetic Engineering   The transfer of a gene from the DNA of one organism into another organism in order to produce an organism with desired traits  
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Punnett Square   A chart that shows all possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross  
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Probability   A number of how an event will occur  
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mutation   a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait  
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