What Is Heredity? Vocab Flashcards
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Trait
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A specific characteristic that an organism can pass to its offspring through its genes.
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Genetics
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The scientific study of heredity.
3
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Fertilization
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The process in sexual reproduction in which an egg cell and a sperm cell join to form a new cell.
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Purebred
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An organism that is the offspring of many generations that have the same form of a trait.
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Alleles
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The different forms of a gene.
6
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Dominant allele
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An allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present.
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Recessive allele
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An allele that is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present.
8
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Hybrid
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An organism that has 2 different alleles for a trait.
9
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Heredity
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The passing of physical characteristics from
parents to offspring.
