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| An offspring that received DIFFERENT traits (or alleles) from each parent. (ex. Gg) (AKA heterozygous) |
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| The way letters are written in a Punnett square to show that a trait is dominant. |
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| The way letters are written in a Punnett square to show that a trait is recessive. |
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| An example of homozygous recessive alleles. |
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| An example of homozygous dominant alleles. |
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| The passing of traits from parents to offspring. |
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| The process when pairs of chromosomes seperate to form sex cells. (sperm & eggs) |
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| An Austrian monk who worked with pea plants to discovered the basic rules of genetics. |
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| An organism with the same alleles from each parent.(ex. GG or gg) (AKA homozygous) |
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| These genes are only revealed when there is no dominant genes present. |
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| A section or piece of chromosome. |
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| An example of heterozygous alleles. |
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| green, tall, white flowers, etc. |
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| Examples of phenotypes in pea plants. |
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| A tool used to predict the outcome of a genetic cross. |
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| The number of chromosomes in human body cells. |
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| The number of chromosomes in human sperm & egg cells. |
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