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| passing on of characteristics from parents to offspring. |
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| characteristic that is inherited; can be either dominant or recessive. |
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| branch of biology that studies heredity. |
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| male and female sex cells; sperm and eggs. |
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| fusion of male and female gametes. |
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| diploid cell formed when a sperm fertiziles an egg. |
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| from male reproductive organs to female reproductive organs of plants, usually within the same species |
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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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| 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 domincant form of trait. |
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| Mendelian priniciple explaining that because each plant has two different alleles. |
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| outward appearance 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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| Mendelian principle stating that genes for different traits are inherited independently of each other. |
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| graphic representation of genetic inheritance used by geneticists to map genetic traits. |
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| an individual heterozygous for a specific trait. |
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| a developing mammal from nince weeks to birth. |
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