Genetics Vocab

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Different forms of a gene.

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Allele

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Who discovered Genetics and how?

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Mendel, experimenting on pea plants

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Two different alleles for a trait.

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Heterozygous

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What is NOT an inherited trait?

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Playing the trumpet

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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Passing of traits from parent to offspring.

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Heredity

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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Same alleles for a trait.

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Homozygous

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The observable characteristics of an organism.

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Phenotype

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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The genetic makeup of an organism.

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Genotype

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

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An allele that masks the effect of another allele.

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Dominant allele

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An allele that is masked by a dominant allele.

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Recessive allele