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| The field of biology that fouces on how characteristics are transmitted from parents of offspring. |
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| Referring to a factor that masks another factor for the same trait. |
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| Referring to a factor that is masked by another factor for the same trait. |
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| The segregation, or seperation, of two factors for the same trait when a gamete forms. |
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| Law of independent assortment |
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| the independent segergation of the factor that control differnent traits. |
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| An alternative form of a gene |
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| A way to show the possible outcome of a genetic cross. |
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| The expansion of the genotype of an organism. |
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| The genetic makeup of an organism. |
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| The condition where both alleles of a pair are alike. |
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| Thew condition where both alleles of a pair are different. |
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| A cross between individuals that involes one trait. |
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| A cross between indiviuals that involes two traits. |
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| A situation where two or more alleles influence the phenotype, which is in between that of the parents. |
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| A situation where both alleles for a gene are expressed in a heterozygous individual. |
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| A chromosome that carries the genes that determine an individual's sex. |
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| A trait whose alleles are located only on the X chromosome. |
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| A family history that shows individuals who display a particular trait and those who do not display that trait. |
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