Heredity and Genetics-1.0

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What is the likelihood that a particular event will occur?

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Probability

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NGSS.HS-LS3-3

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What is the term for the passing of traits from parents to offspring?

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Heredity

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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What do we call having two identical alleles?

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Homozygous/Purebred

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What are different forms of a gene called?

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Alleles

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What is an organism's genetic make-up or allele combinations known as?

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Genotype

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What is the term for the observable characteristics of an organism?

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Phenotype

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

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What is the genetic makeup of an organism that can be expressed in terms of dominant and recessive alleles?

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Genotype

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What is the term for a cross between two individuals that differ in one trait?

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Monohybrid cross

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What is the principle that states that alleles for different traits are distributed to gametes independently of one another?

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Law of Independent Assortment

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What is the term for a genetic cross that involves two traits?

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Dihybrid cross