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| the field of biology devoted to understanding how traits are passed from parents to offspring. |
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| the transmission of traits from parents to offspring. |
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| in genetics, a category within which alternate characteristics, such as height and eye color can be observed. |
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| a segment of DNA that contains coding for a polypetide (protein) as a unit of hereditary information. |
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| referring to an allele that masks the presence of another allele for the same characteristic. |
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| referring to an allele that is masked by the presence of another allele for the same characteristic. |
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| law stating that pairs of genes separate in meiosis and each gamete receives on gene of a pair. |
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| law of independent assortment |
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| law stating that pairs of genes separate independently of another in meiosis. |
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| an alternative form of a gene. |
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| the genetic make up of an organism. |
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| the external appearance of an organism that is determined by the individual's genotype. |
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| referring to a gene pair in which the two alleles code for the same trait. |
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| referring to a gene pair in which the two alleles do not code for the same trait. |
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| the number of times an event is expected to happen divided by the number of opportunities for an event to happen. |
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| a model used to establish the probability of the results of a genetic cross. |
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