Genetic Vocabulary

Study of Heredity

• Biology
• Geology
• Genetics
• Cellology

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Passing of traits from parent to offspring

• dating
• holding hands
• heredity
• mitosis

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Different forms of a gene represented by an upper case or lower case letter

• big or little

• simple and complex

• alleles

• co-dominant

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Genotype of an organisms with two different alleles for a trait.

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• genetics

• genes

The allele that is hidden unless paired with another allele of the same type

• dominant

• recessive
• homozygous
• hybrid

The physical characteristic of a trait. For example: A tall pea plant

• Genotype
• RNA
• DNA
• Phenotype

The genetic makeup of a trait. For example: Tt or TT (T = tall height)

• Genetics
• Genotype
• Chromosome
•  Eye color

The genotype of:  Heterozygous Course Hair  will have the alleles of...

• Hh
• HH
• hh

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The genotype of:  albino carrier  will have the alleles of...

• Aa
• AA
• aa

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The genotype of:  bb   will have the PHENOTYPE of...

• black fur
• white fur
• course hair
• fine hair

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