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| The science of heredity dealing with the similarities and differences of related organisms resulting from interactions of genes and their environment. |
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| A qualitative characteristic; a discrete attribute as contrasted with metrical character. A trait is amenable to segregation rather than quantitative analysis; it is an attribute of phenotype, not of genotype. |
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| Any of mixed origin or composition, or the combination of two or more different things. |
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| A process in sexual reproduction that involves the union of male and female gametes to produce a diploid zygote. |
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| Fundamental, physical, and functional until of the body. |
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| One member of a pair of genes occupying a specific spot on a chromosome that controls the same trait. |
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| The act of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a parting. |
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| A reproductive cell or sex cell that contains the haploid set of chromosomes, spermatozoon or sperm cell and egg cell or ovum. |
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| Individuals with contrasting traits are crossed, the offspring will express only the dominant trait. |
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