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only expressed when there are two copies present; weak gene; lowercase

• alleles

• recessive trait

• genotype

• dominant trait

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S7L3

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two of the same alleles present; (HH, hh)

• phenotype

• heterozygous

• hybrid

• homozygous

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S7L3

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describes the alleles (or genes) that an organism carries.. written as letter pairs

• alleles

• genotype

• phenotype

• purebred

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S7L3

A ___________ comes from a family with many generations of the same trait.

• hybrid

• purebred

• phenotype

• genotype

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S7L3

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various forms of the same gene

Example: height - short or tall

• heterozygous

• alleles

• phenotype

• purebred

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S7L3

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describes the physical characteristics that can be observed (traits you can see)

• genotype

• homozygous

• phenotype

• hybrid

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S7L3

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This allele is expressed in the phenotype even if only one copy is present; strong gene; capital letter

• dominant

• recessive

• genoptype

• phenotype

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S7L3

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an allele pair with two different alleles (Hh)

• homozygous

• dominant

• recessive

• heterozygous

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S7L3

A ___________ comes from a family with mixed genes over generations. This means traits vary, or are different.

• hybrid

• purebred

• phenotype

• genotype

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S7L3

Who was Gregor Mendel?

• an Austrian monk who discovered heredity by studying potatoes

• just a famous biologist

• an Austrian monk who discovered heredity by studying pea plants

• an old man who loves science

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S7L3