Heredity

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Different forms of a gene

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allele

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A simple genetic rule where a gene only comes in dominant or recessive forms

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Mendelian Inheritance

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If a pea plant were homozygous recessive for height, how would its alleles be represented?

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tt

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When you have two of the same alleles

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homozygous

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The physical look of a trait

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phenotype

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The genetic makeup of an organism

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genotype

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An allele that expresses its trait even in the presence of a recessive allele

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dominant allele

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An allele that only expresses its trait when two copies are present

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recessive allele

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The observable characteristics of an organism resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment

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phenotype

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The combination of alleles for a specific gene in an organism

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genotype