genetics vocabulary

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What is the term for having two identical alleles for a trait?

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Homozygous

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What is the term for having two different alleles for a trait?

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Heterozygous

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What do we call the genetic makeup of an organism?

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Genotype

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What is the observable physical characteristic of an organism?

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Phenotype

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What is the term for the version of a gene that can be masked by another version?

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Recessive allele

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What is the term for the version of a gene that can mask another version?

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Dominant allele

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What is the study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring?

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Genetics

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What do we call the different forms of a gene?

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Alleles

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What is the term for an organism that has two dominant alleles for a trait?

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Homozygous dominant

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What is the term for an organism that has two recessive alleles for a trait?

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Homozygous recessive