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| The basic unit of structure and function in living things. |
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| He was considered the "Father of Genetics". He did research on pea plants and discovered that traits are passed down from parents to offspring. |
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| A double rod of condensed chromatin; contains DNA that carries genetic information. |
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| A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes. |
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| A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait. |
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| A cell structure that controls which substances can enter or leave the cell. |
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| A cell structure that contains nucleic acids; the chemical instructions that direct all the cell's activities. |
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| The passing of traits from parents to offspring. |
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| The scientific study of heredity. |
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| An offspring that always produces offspring with the same form of a trait as the parent. |
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| An organism that has two different alleles for a trait. |
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| The different forms of a gene. |
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| An allele that is masked when a dominant allele is present. |
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| An allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present. |
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| The likelihood that a particular event will occur. |
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| An organism's physical appearance. |
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| An organism's genetic makeup or allele combinations. |
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| Deoxyribonucleic acid; the genetic material that carries information about an organism and is passed from parent to offspring. |
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| Having two different alleles for a trait. |
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| Having two identical alleles for a trait. |
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| Sex cell passed down by the male. |
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| Sex cell passed down by the female. |
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