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| The passing of traits from parent to offspring |
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| A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes |
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| The scientific study of heredity |
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| The process in wich an egg cell and a sperm cell join to form a new organism |
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| The offspring of many generations that have the same traits |
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| The set of information that controls a trat; a segment of DNA on a chrmosome that codes for a specific trait |
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| The different forms of a gene |
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| An allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present |
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| An allele that is masked when a cominant allele is present |
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| An organism that has two different alleles for a trait; an organism that is heterozygous for a specific trait |
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| A number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur |
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| A chart that shows all of the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross |
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| An organism's physical appearance or visible traits. |
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| An organisms genetic makeup, or allele combinations |
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| Having two identical alleles for a trait |
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| Having two different alleles for a trait |
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| A condition in wich neither of two alleles of a gene is dominant or recessive |
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