Science Vocab.
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- recessive allele
- masked or covered up whenever the dominant allele is present
- heterozygous
- an organism that has two different alleles for a trait
- homozygous
- an organism that has two identical alleles for a trait
- codominance
- when the alleles are neither dominant or recessive
- gene
- factors that control traits(two alleles)
- allele
- different forms of a gene(dominant&recessive)
- hybrid
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two purebred w/different traits put together
DD+dd=Dd - traits
- different physical characteristicts
- purebred
- always produces offspring w/the same form of a trait as the parent
- genetics
- the study of heredity
- dominant allele
- one whose trait always show up in the organism when the allele is present
- genotype
- an organism's genetic makeup or allele combos
- phenotype
- an organism's phisical or visible traits
- probability
- the likelihood that a particular event will occur
- punnett square
- a chart that shows all possible combos of alleles that can result from a genetic cross
- heredity
- passing of traits from parent to offspring