CH 3-1,3-2 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
heredity | passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring |
trait | each specific characteristic |
genetics | study of heredity |
purebred | offspring with similar traits produced over many generations |
gene | factor that controls traits |
allele | different forms of a gene |
dominant allele | strongest trait |
recessive allele | weakest trait |
hybrid | organism with two different alleles for a trait |
probability | number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur |
Punnett square | chart that shows possible combinations of alleles that could occur in the offspring |
phenotype | physical, visible traits |
genotype | genetic make up - the alleles |
homozygous | identical alleles - rr or RR |
heterozygous | two different alleles - Rr |
purebred | organism with two of the same alleles for a trait |
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