Heredity and Genetics

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Who used plants to study the way traits are passed from parent to offspring?

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Mendel

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What is the term for the letters representing the phenotype?

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Genotype

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What is genetics the study of?

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Heredity

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What is the name of the square that helps make genetic predictions?

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Punnett Square

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What are different forms of a gene called?

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Alleles

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What is the physical expression of a trait called?

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Phenotype

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What is the genetic makeup of an organism called?

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Genotype

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

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Gene

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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 is a homozygous genotype?

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A genotype with two identical alleles for a trait.