Cell Bio Chap 9 Genetics Vocab

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Characteristic passed from parent to offspring

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trait

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Passing traits from parent to offspring

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heredity

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Study of heredity

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genetics

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Alternate forms of genes are called ___

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alleles

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The allele that appears in phenotype with both dominant and recessive alleles is the ___________

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dominant allele

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The allele that appears in phenotype only when no dominant alleles are present is the ___

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recessive allele

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Allele represented by a capital letter

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dominant

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Allele represented by a lowercase letter

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recessive

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The gene combination of a trait is called the _____________ (example: Gg)

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genotype

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Physical feature of an organism: __________ (e.g., tall, short, blue, brown)

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phenotype