Heredity Vocabulary

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What type of gene is ALWAYS expressed if it is present?

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Dominant gene

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What is genetics?

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The study of heredity

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What is a gene?

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DNA that codes for a trait

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What is heredity?

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The passing down of traits from parent to offspring

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On what structures do we find genes?

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Chromosomes

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What is a recessive gene?

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A gene that is only expressed when two copies are present

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What is an allele?

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Different forms of a gene that can exist at a specific locus

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What is a hybrid organism?

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An organism that has two different alleles for a trait

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What is a phenotype?

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The observable characteristics of an organism

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What is a genotype?

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The genetic makeup of an organism