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7th Grade
03/03/2014

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Trait
Definition
A distinguishing characteristic or quality
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Inherited Trait
Definition
Characteristics that an organism gets from its parents
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Heredity
Definition
The transmission of genetic characters from parents to offspring
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Genetics
Definition
The science of heredity dealing with resemblences and differences of related organisms resulting from the interaction of their genes and their environment
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Allele
Definition
Pairs or series of genes on a chromosome that determines the heredity characteristics
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Gregor Mendel
Definition
The father of genetics
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Homozygous
Definition
When a cell has two identical copies of a gene
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Heterozygous
Definition
Having different alleles at one or more corresponding chromosomal loci
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Dominant
Definition
A gene that will present itself by producing a characteristic that can be inherited
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Recessive
Definition
A gene with characteristics which are NOT as strong asthose on a dominant gene
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Genotype
Definition
Genetic makeup of a particular organism or group of organisms
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Phenotype
Definition
Physical characteristics of an organism from both genetics and environment
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Punnett Square
Definition
A diagram that is used to predict an outcome of a particular cross or breeding experiment
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