Genetics Vocabulary Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
heredity | passing of traits from parent to offspring |
genetics | the study of traits and their inheritance |
Gregor Mendel | father of genetics |
characteristics | features such as height, color, and shape |
traits | different forms of a characteristic (tall or short) |
allele | one is inherited from each parent |
homozygous | two of the same alleles or purebred |
heterozygous | two different alleles or hybrid |
dominant trait | masks or covers up other traits |
recessive trait | trait that can be masked by another |
genotype | alleles from each parent that control traits |
phenotype | how the organisms physically looks |
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