Heredity and Genetics

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What is the study of heredity called?

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Genetics

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What are the possible genotypes of the offspring when crossing a white flower (pp) with a purple flower (PP)?

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All Pp

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What do you call an organism with two different alleles for a trait?

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Heterozygous

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What do you call the offspring resulting from cross breeding?

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Hybrid

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What is it called when the same traits are produced in offspring from generation to generation?

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Pure breeding

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What is the term for an organism with two identical alleles for a trait?

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Homozygous

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What is a dominant allele?

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An allele that expresses its trait even in the presence of a recessive allele.

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What is a recessive allele?

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An allele that expresses its trait only when two copies are present.

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What is a phenotype?

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The observable characteristics or traits of an organism.

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What is a genotype?

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The genetic makeup of an organism, represented by alleles.