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the passing on of characteristics from parents to offspring. |
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the branch of biology that studies heredity. |
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| Characteristics that are inherited |
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| The transfer of the male pollen grains to the pistil of a flower |
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The uniting of male and female gametes |
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| The offspring of parents that have different forms of a trait |
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| Alternate forms of a gene for each variation of a trait of an organism |
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| Observed trait of an organism that masks the recessive form of a trait |
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| trait of an organism that can be masked by the dominant form of a trait |
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| Mendelian principle explaining that because each plant has two different alleles, it can produce two different types of gametes. During fertilization, male and female gametes randomly pair to produce four combinations of alleles |
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| Outward appearence of an organism, regardless of its genes |
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| Combination of genes in an organism |
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| When there are two identical alleles for a trait |
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| When there are two different alleles for a trait |
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| Law of Independent Assortment |
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| Mendelain principle stating that genes for different traits are inherited independently of each other |
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