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| Different forms that a gene may have for a single trait; can be dominant or recessive |
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| The passing of traits from parent to offspring |
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| How traits are inherited through the actions of alleles |
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| An offspring that was given different genetic information for a trait from each parent |
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| "describes a trait that covers over, or dominates, another form of that trait" |
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| "Describes a trait that is covered over, or dominated, by another form of that trait and seems to disappear" |
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| A tool to predict the probability of certain traits in offspring that shows the different ways alleles can combine |
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| An organism's genetic makeup |
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| Outward physical appearance and behavior of an organism |
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| Describes an organism with two alleles that are the same for a trait |
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| Describes an organism with two different alleles for a trait |
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| The small bodies in the nucleus of a cell that carry the chemical instructions for reproduction of the cell. They consist of strands of DNA wrapped in a double helix around a core of proteins. Each species of plant or animal has a characteristic number of these. |
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| A piece of a DNA molecule that serves as the basic unit of heredity. These control the characteristics that an offspring will have. |
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| A genetically determined characteristic |
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| Bred from parents of the same breed or variety. |
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