Genetics Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Heredity | the passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring |
Genetics | the scientific study of heredity |
fertilization | the creation of a new organism by the joining of sperm and egg |
purebred | the offspring of many generations that have the same trait |
gene | factors that control a trait |
allele | different forms of a gene |
dominant allele | one whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present |
recessive alllele | hidden trait whenever a dominant allele is present |
hybrid | organism that has two different alleles for a trait |
probability | a number that describes how likely it is an event will occur |
Punnett square | a chart that shows all the possible combination of alleles that can result from a genetic cross |
phenotype | physical appearance or visible traits |
genotype | genetic makeup or allele combinations |
homozygous | organism that has two identical alleles for a trait |
heterozygous | organism that has two different alleles for a trait |
codominance | alleles are neither dominant nor recessive and both alleles are expressed in the offspring |
meiosis | process by which the number of chromosomes is reduced by half to form sex cells - sperm and eggs |
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