Heredity

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The passing of traits from parents to offspring

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heredity

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The different forms of a gene

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alleles

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This trait always shows up in an organism when the allele is present.

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dominant allele

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This trait is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present.

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recessive allele

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A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross

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Punnett Square

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The mathematical chance that an event will occur

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probability

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An organism's appearance or visible traits. (what it looks like)

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phenotype

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An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combination. The letters we use to show the allele combination.

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genotype

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An organism that has two identical (THE SAME) alleles for a trait (purebred)

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homozygous

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An organism that has two different alleles for a trait (hybrid)

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heterozygous