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Heredity
Passing of genetic traits from parents to offspring


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dominant trait
the trait that will show up most often, always covers up any other trait if present


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Heredity Passing of genetic traits from parents to offspring Probability The possibility that an event will occur in the future
dominant trait the trait that will show up most often, always covers up any other trait if present Hybrid An organism that has two different alleles (genes) for a trait, also called heterozygous
recessive trait the trait that will not show up most often, will be covered up if dominant trait is present Purebred An organism that always produces offspring with the same form of a trait as the parent, has the same genes for a trait (homozygous)
Homozygous An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait, means the same as purebred Heterozygous having two different alleles for a trait, means the same as hybrid
Gene the genetic instructions for a specific trait Genotype An organism's genetic makeup, tells exactly what the gene structure is
Allele Different forms of a gene, can be dominant or recessive
Phenotype An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits.
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