GENETIC VOCAB

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Study of trait inheritance from parents to offspring.

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genetics

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Contains your genes; found in the nucleus.

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DNA

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Different forms of a characteristic (e.g., dimples or no dimples)

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trait

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Genetic factor that blocks another.

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dominant

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Two alleles controlling a trait (DD, Dd, dd)

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genotype

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Two alleles of a gene are the same (DD or dd)

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homozygous

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Model predicting offspring genotypes/phenotypes

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Punnett square

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Traits passed from parents to offspring

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heredity

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A chromosome section with genetic info for one trait.

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gene

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Letters representing different gene forms

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alleles