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| scientific study of heredity |
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| process in sexual reproduction in which male and female reproductive cells join to form a new cell |
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| specific characteristic of an individual |
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| offspring of crosses between parents with different traits |
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| sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determines a trait; factor that is passed from parent to offspring |
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| one of a number of different forms of a gene |
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| Mendel's second conclusion, which states that some alleles are dominant and others are recessive |
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| separation of alleles during gamete formation |
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