Heredity

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What is heredity?

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Heredity is the passing of traits from parents to their offspring through genes.

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What are genes?

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Genes are segments of DNA that determine specific traits in an organism.

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What is a dominant gene?

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A dominant gene is a gene that expresses its trait even when only one copy is present.

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What is a recessive gene?

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A recessive gene is a gene that only expresses its trait when two copies are present.

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What does homozygous mean?

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Homozygous refers to having two identical alleles for a specific gene.

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What does heterozygous mean?

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Heterozygous refers to having two different alleles for a specific gene.

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What is a chromosome?

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A chromosome is a long strand of DNA that contains many genes.

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What is the role of DNA in heredity?

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DNA carries the genetic information that is passed from parents to offspring.

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What is the study of genetics?

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Genetics is the study of how traits are passed from an organism to its offspring.

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What is a trait?

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A trait is a characteristic or feature of an organism, such as eye color or height.