Genetic Vocab

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A gene is a section of DNA that codes for a protein.

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section of DNA that codes for a protein

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Different forms of a single gene

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allele

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Study of biological inheritance?

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genetics

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Offspring of parents with different traits

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hybrid

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A trait is...

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a specific characteristic

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Dominant allele is...

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the allele that over takes another allele

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Recessive allele is...

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an allele covered by another allele.

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Segregation is the same as...

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separation

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Likelihood of a trait occurring

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Probability

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Homozygous is

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two identical alleles in the same gene