Genetics Vocab

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Traits passed from parent to offspring:

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heredity

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Study of heredity is known as...

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genetics

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Geneticists use this to predict offspring genotypes:

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Punnett Square

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Organism with two identical alleles for a trait (e.g., TT or tt) is...

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Homozygous

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Father of genetics?

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Gregor Mendel

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Trait controlled by two different alleles (e.g., Tt, Ww) has what genotype?

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Heterozygous

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Traits that mask others and are shown by a capital letter are called?

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dominant

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Traits masked by others are known as...

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recessive traits

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Alleles from each parent controlling a trait (e.g., Tt, TT, tt)

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genotype

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Organism's physical appearance based on genotype?

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phenotype