Heredity and Genetics

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What is the scientific study of heredity?

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Genetics

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What is a trait that will only exhibit when the dominant allele is not present?

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Recessive

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What is the passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next?

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Heredity

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What is a segment of DNA found on a chromosome that determines the inheritance of a particular trait?

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Gene

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What is a behavioral characteristic or physical attribute of an organism that is expressed by genes and/or influenced by the environment?

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Trait

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What is the physical appearance of an organism as a result of its genotype?

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Phenotype

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What is the genetic makeup of an organism?

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Genotype

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What are different forms of a gene called?

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Alleles

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What is the term for a dominant trait that masks the effect of a recessive trait?

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Dominant

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What is the structure that carries genetic information in the form of DNA?

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Chromosome

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