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| The passing of physical characterisitics from parents to offspring. |
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| Each different form of a characterisitc. |
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| The scientific study of heredity. |
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| The process of an egg and sperm joining together. |
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| The offspring of many generations that have the same trait. |
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| The factors that control a trait. |
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| The different forms of a gene. |
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| One whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present. |
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| One whose trait is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present. |
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| An organism that has two different alleles for a 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 the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross. |
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| An organisms physical appearance, or visible traits. |
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| An organisms genetic makeup, or allele combinations. |
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| An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait. |
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| An organism that has two different alleles for a trait. |
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| The alleles are neither dominant or recessive, both alleles are expressed in the offspring. |
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