Genetics Basics

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Heredity

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A process when a parent passes genes onto offspring

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Trait

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A genetically determined characteristic

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Allele

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Variants of a gene

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Recessive Allele

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Represented by a lowercase letter, needs two copies to show

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Homozygous

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Two copies of the same allele (BB) (bb)

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Heterozygous

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A copy of two different alleles (Bb)

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Genotype

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The genes that something has, genetic code

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Phenotype

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The traits that show, physical characteristics.

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Dominant Allele

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Represented by a capital letter; only need one copy to show