Dominant and Recessive Traits Flashcards

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1
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Process by which traits are inherited by offspring

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Inheritance

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2
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States that there are 2 alleles for each trait

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Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance

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Alternative forms of genes

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Alleles

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4
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One allele is ____ while the other is ____

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Dominant; Recessive

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5
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The allele that is expressed in the ____ is the dominant one

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Phenotype

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