Punnett Square Vocab

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Two identical alleles for a trait are called _.

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homozygous

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Two different alleles for a trait are called _

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Heterozygous

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Genotype describes the alleles inherited from parents (letters).

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The alleles an individual inherits from their parents (letters)

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Phenotype

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An organism's physical appearance.

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Homozygous dominant

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BB

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Form of a gene

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allele

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Basic unit of heredity; specific nucleotide sequence in DNA.

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gene

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Inheritable characteristic controlled by genes

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trait