Genetics Vocab

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Organism with two identical alleles for a trait (e.g., WW, pp)

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homozygous

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Passing of traits from parents to offspring?

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heredity

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Factors controlling traits in our bodies?

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gene

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Trait that always shows if allele is present?

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dominant allele

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Forms of genes are called?

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allele

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Threadlike structure in a cell carrying hereditary info, the storage unit for DNA.

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chromosome

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Genetic makeup of an organism?

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genotype

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Organism's physical appearance or visible traits?

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phenotype

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Organism with two different alleles for a trait (Hh, Pw)

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heterozygous

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Scientific study of heredity?

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