Heredity

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Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________

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parents to offspring

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

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The study of how traits are passed on, or inherited.

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genetics

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

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Why did Mendel choose to study pea plants to learn how traits are passed from parent to offspring?

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Pea plants grow quickly

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One trait that is ALWAYS present and causes the other traits to disappear is a ________________________

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dominant trait

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What is the appearance of an organism, or how it looks?

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phenotype

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A ________________________ is used to predict the possible genotype from certain parents

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Punnett Square

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What is a recessive allele?

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A trait that can be hidden (lower case letter)

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The genes of an organism

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Genotype

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

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This means Same Gene

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Homozygous

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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Different Gene

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Heterozygous

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4