Inherited Traits

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What term describes a group of offspring produced by a given set of parents?

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Generation

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What term describes two alleles of a trait that are the same?

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Purebred

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What is a hybrid trait?

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A trait represented by two different alleles, such as Bb.

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What is each specific characteristic, such as stem height and seed color, called?

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Trait

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Who is known as the 'Father of Genetics'?

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Gregor Mendel

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What is an allele?

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An allele is a variant form of a gene that determines a specific trait.

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What is the difference between dominant and recessive alleles?

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Dominant alleles express their trait even if only one copy is present, while recessive alleles require two copies to express their trait.

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What does it mean to be a hybrid organism?

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A hybrid organism has two different alleles for a trait, such as Bb.

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What is the purpose of a Punnett square?

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A Punnett square is used to predict the genetic outcomes of a cross between two organisms.

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What is the genotype?

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The genotype is the genetic makeup of an organism, represented by the alleles it possesses.