Genetics Vocab Final Review

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Passing down traits from parents to children

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Heredity

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Characteristic of an individual:

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trait

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A version of a gene is called a(n)

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allele

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A trait expressed with one allele present is a

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dominant trait

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A trait expressed only with two copies of the allele is a(n):

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recessive trait

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An organism’s genetic makeup; the pair of alleles for a trait is called a(n)

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genotype

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An organism’s physical expression of a trait is called a(n)

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phenotype

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Both alleles in a genotype are the same.

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Homozygous

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Alleles in a genotype are different.

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Heterozygous

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Example of homozygous recessive alleles:

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