Genetics Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| 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. |
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