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passing of traits from parents to offspring

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heredity

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Experimenting with biological and chemical methods to change the arrangement of DNA that makes up a gene

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genetic engeneering

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the diffrent forms of a trait that make up a gene pair

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Alleles

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An allel on a sex chromosome

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sex-linked gene

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the study of how traits are inhereted through the passing of allele

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Genetics

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Occurs when a group of gene pairs act together to produce a trait

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polygenie inheratance

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A cross betweem two parents with diffrent trait ecpressions or allele thats result in the offspring looking like one of the two

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hybrids

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Traits that are controlled by more than 2 allele ( exemple blood types)

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multiple allele

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Describes a trait that is covered, up seems to disappear

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Resessive

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Describes a trait that covers over or DOMANTES another from of that trait

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Domanant

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A handy tool used to predict results in medelian genetics

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punnett square

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shows the genetic makeup of an orgonisum

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genotype

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Shows the psysical charicteristics of the way an orgonism looks and behaves as a result of the GENOTPYE

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phenotype

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An orgonism that has two alleles that are the same

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Homosygis

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An orgonism that has two allele that are diffrent

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Heterosigous

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Alternate form of gene are called

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Alleles

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The outward appearance of trait is called

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phenotype

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The actual combination of alleles of an orgonism it is

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genotype

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Humans hight, eye color, and skin color are all traits controled by

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polygenitic inheratance

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ALLELES seperate during

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MITOSIS

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control traits in organism

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Genes

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Treating genetic disorders by inserting normal allele into cells is called

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Genetic Theripy

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Occurs when a new orgonism receives more or fewer chromosomes than normal

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Chromosomes disorder

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Male sex chromosomesare charicterised by

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xy

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Female sex chromosomes are charicterised by

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xx

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The offspring of two homozygous parents that show an intermediate phenotype( looks diffrent than eather parent) Example: Palomino Horse

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incomplete domanance

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