Heredity

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What is a chart that predicts all the possible gene combinations for 2 parents of a particular trait?

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Punnet square.

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What do you call different forms of genes, such as blue eye allele for the gene for eye color?

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Allele.

Front

What is the genotype of Bb known as?

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Heterozygous.

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What is the physical appearance of a trait called?

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Phenotype.

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What is the passing of genetic material and traits from parents to offspring?

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Heredity.

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What is the term for the genetic makeup of an organism?

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Genotype.

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What is the difference between homozygous and heterozygous?

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Homozygous has identical alleles, while heterozygous has different alleles.

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What is the term for a segment of DNA that codes for a protein?

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Gene.

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What is the observable characteristic of an organism called?

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Phenotype.

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What is the term for the genetic variation within a population?

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Genetic diversity.