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| The passing of traits from parent to offspring. |
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| The trait observed in the first generation when parents that have different traits are bred. |
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| Trait that reappears in the second generation after disappearing in the first generation when parents with different traitws are bred. |
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| One set of instructions for an inherited trait. |
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| One of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic, such as hair color. |
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| An organism's appearance or other detectable characteristic. |
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| The entire genetic make up of an organism; also the combination of genes for one or more specific traits |
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| The likelihood that a possible future event will occur in any given instance of the event. |
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| Chromosomes that have the same sequence of genes and the same structure |
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| A cell that contains two haploid sets of chromosomes. |
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| Describes a cell, nucleus, or organism that has only one set of unpaired chromosomes. |
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| Process in cell division during which the number of chromosomes decreases to half the original number by two divisions of the nucleus, which results in the production of sex cells |
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| Deoxyribonucleic acid, a molecule that is present in all living cells and that contains the information that determines the traits that a living thing inherits and needs to live. |
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| In a nucleic-acid chain, a subunit that consists of a sugar, a phosphate, and a nitrogenous base. |
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| Ribonucleic acid, a molecule that is present in all living cells and that plays a role in protein production. |
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| A cell organelle composed of RNA and protein; the site of protein synthesis |
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| A change in the nucleotide-base sequence of a gene or DNA molecule |
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| A plant with two dominant or tow recessive alleles |
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| A plant with one dominant and one recessive allele |
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| Sperm (in pollen) from one plant fertilizes the eggs (in an ovule) of a different plant |
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| Sperm from one plant fertilizes the effs of the same plant. |
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| When a true-breeding plan self-pollinates, its offspring will have the same trait as the parent. |
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