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ScienceGenetics55254
2.7.11
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a name given to an organism that has two of the same alleles for the same gene. | homozygous! |
the various forms of the same gene. | alleles! |
the name given to an organism that has two different alleles for the same gene. | heterozygous! |
if an organism has two of the same alleles, we say that it is a... | purebred! |
the allele that is expressed in the phenotype even if it is the only copy present in the genotype. | dominate! |
the allele that is only expressed in the phenotype if two copies of it are present on the homologs. | recessive! |
the observable characteristics an organism has. | phenotype! |
the genes an organism has, or the letter we give the genes | genotype! |