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| Three or more forms of a gene that code for a single trait |
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| A pair of chromosomes carrying genes that determine weather a person is male or female. |
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| A gene that is carried on the x or y chromosome |
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| A person who has one recessive allele for a trait, but does not have the trait |
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| it is an abnormal condition that a person inherits through genes or chromosomes |
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| it is a chart or "family tree" that tracks |
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| is a picture of all the chromosomes in a cell |
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| the process of selecting a few organisms with desired traits to serve as parents of the next generation |
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| a selective method in which two individuals with identical or similar sets of alleles are crossed |
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| is an organism that has exactly the same genes as the organism from which it was produced |
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| a selective breeding method in which two genetically different individuals are crossed |
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| the scientific study of heredity |
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| the transfer of a gene from the DNA of one organism into another organism with desired traits |
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| the insertion of working copies of a gene into the cells of a person with a genetic disorder in an attempt to correct the disorder |
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| all of the DNA in one cell of an organism |
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