Genetics Vocab

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Different forms of a gene.

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Allele

Front

Trait that ALWAYS shows in offspring.

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Dominant allele

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Two different alleles for a trait.

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Heterozygous

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Two identical alleles for a trait

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Homozygous

Front

Trait that is masked or covered up.

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Ressesive

Front

A person's phenotype is the ___________.

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physical expression of the gene.

Front

An allele for a dominant trait is represented by _______.

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capital letters

Front

An allele for a recessive trait is represented by __________.

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lower case letters

Front

AA is:

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Homozygous Dominant

Front

Aa

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Heterozygous