Genetic Vocabulary

the passing of information from one generation to the next

• phenotype

• heredity

• genotype

• genes

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structures that contain hereditary information and transfer it to the next generation

• genotype

• phenotype

• alleles

• chromosomes

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basic units of heredity carried by chromosomes

• genes

• chromosome

• alleles

• phenotype

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variations of genes that determines traits in organisms

• chromosomes

• alleles

• genotypes

• phenotypes

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alleles exhibit their effect if they are present on one chromosome

• dominant

• recessive

• phenotype

• genotype

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alleles exhibit their effect only when they are both chromosomes

• genotype

• phenotype

• recessive

• dominant

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an organisms particular combination of paired alleles

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• genotype

• phenotype

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the traits produced by those alleles that are physically seen

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• genotype

• phenotype

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a gene composed of two identical alleles

• heterozygous

• homozygous

• dominant

• recessive

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a gene composed of two different alleles

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• dominant

• recessive

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