Genetics Vocab QZ 1

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The scientific study of heredity

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Genetics

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An alternative form of a gene.

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Allele

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Characteristics that are inherited

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Traits

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Control center of the cell

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Nucleus

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An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits

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Phenotype

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The genetic makeup of an organism

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Genotype

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A trait that can be masked by a dominant trait

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Recessive

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A trait that cannot be masked

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Dominant

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Segments of DNA that code for proteins

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Genes

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The physical location of a gene on a chromosome

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Locus