2020 Genetics Vocab Review

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Tool to predict traits in offspring.

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Punnett Square

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Study of trait inheritance through allele interactions.

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genetics

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A trait that dominates another trait.

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dominant

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Traits passed from parents to offspring.

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heredity

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An organism’s genetic makeup

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genotype

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An organism with two different alleles for a trait (Rr) is called:

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heterozygous

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Two identical alleles (RR, rr)

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homozygous

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Outward appearance of an organism.

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phenotype

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A trait that is hidden by another trait.

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recessive

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Different form of a gene (e.g., curly or straight hair)

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allele