Who is known as the Father of Modern Genetics?
Genetics and Heredity Vocabulary

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Gregor Mendel
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What is the term for the physical or behavioral trait that is shown or expressed?
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Phenotype
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What do we call a genotype where both alleles are the same?
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Homozygous
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What is the term for the allele that is expressed even if only one copy is present?
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Dominant
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What is the study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics?
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Genetics
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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 do we call an allele that is only expressed when two copies are present?
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Recessive
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