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| It is the study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics. |
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| It is the action or process of fertilizing an egg, female animal, or plant, involving the fusion of male and female gametes to form a zygote. |
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| It is a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person. |
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| It is the offspring of two plants or animals of different species or varieties, such as a mule (a hybrid of a donkey and a horse). |
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| It is a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring. |
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| It is one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome. |
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| It is when individuals with contrasting traits are crossed, the offspring will express only the dominant trait. |
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| It is the separation of pairs of alleles at meiosis and their independent transmission via separate gametes. |
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| It is a mature haploid male or female germ cell that is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote. |
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