Genetics Vocabulary

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What is the branch of biology that deals with characteristics that are inherited from one generation to the next?

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Genetics

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What is a diagram that shows phenotypes of genetically related family members?

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Pedigree

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How a trait appears or is expressed; the physical appearance or observable trait.

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Phenotype

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In genetics, what represents the recessive allele?

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Lowercase letter

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What is pollination that occurs when pollen from one plant lands on the pistil of the flower of the same plant?

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Self-pollination

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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 are different forms of a gene called?

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Alleles

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

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Homozygous

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

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Heterozygous

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What is the observable characteristic or trait of an organism?

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Phenotype