Traits and Heredity

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Distinguishing quality passed from parent to offspring

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Inherited Trait

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Diagram for predicting genotypes and phenotypes

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Punnett Squares

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Dominant petal color from Punnett square

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Purple

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Natural Selection

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Survival of animals with better traits

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Hidden trait

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Recessive gene

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Gregor Mendel's discovery of heredity principles

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Pea plants

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Heredity

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Passing of traits from parents to offspring

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Trait: Feature of an individual (e.g., brown eyes)

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Not: Passing down traits or a dessert in Indiana

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Inherited trait

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Traits from parents

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Recessive genes

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Weaker genes that hide when dominant genes are present