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passing on of charicteristics from parents to offspring
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branch of biology that studies heredity
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charicteristic that is inherited & can either be dominant or recessive
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male and female sex cells; sperm & eggs
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transfer of male pollen grains to the pistil of a flower
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fusion of male and female gametes
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offspring formed by parents having different forms of a trait
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alternative forms of a gene for each variation of a trait of an organism
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