Genetics Vocabulary

An allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present.

• recessive allele
• dominant allele
• hidden allele
• present allele

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An allele whose trait only shows up when no dominant allele is present.

• hidden allele
• dominant allele
• recessive allele
• present allele

one of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic, such as hair color

• allele
• gene
• trait
• DNA

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an organism's appearance or other detectable characteristic

• genotype
• phenotype
• genetics
• heterozygous

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the chances of something happening

• dominant
• genotype
• phenotype
• probability

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having two of the same genes for the trait (sometimes called purebred).

• homozygous
• hetrozygous
• protein
• chromosome

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having two different genes for a trait (sometimes called hybrid).

• protein
• homozygous
• heterozygous
• genotype

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A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes

• protein
• trait
• DNA
• gene

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Allele

• scientific study of of heredity
• different possibilities for a given trait
• sequence of DNA

Genotype

• genetic makeup of an organism
• physical characteristics