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Genetics
Term | Definition |
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Trait | The specific form of a characteristic that are passed on to offspring. |
Heredity | The passing of traits from parents to offspring |
Genetics | The study of heredity |
Gregor mendel | Scientist who founded genetics |
Dominant Trait | Trait is always visible |
Recessive Trait | Trait is only visible when the dominant is not present |
Genes | A set of instructions for an inherited trait |
Alleles | The different forms of a gene. Dominant...T Recessive...t |
Phenotype | Physical apperance |
Genotype | Inherited alleles |
Purebread/homozygous | Two of the same alleles |
Hybrid/heterozygous | Two different alleles One dominant, one recessive |
Probability | The likelyhood that a possible future event will occur |
Punnett Square | A chart that shows all the possible combinationsof alleles |
Meiosis | A process in cell division during which the number of chromosomes decrease to half. |