GeneticsVocab4A-C2

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What is a characteristic of a species such as size or shape?

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Character

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What is a pattern of inheritance in which there are only two alleles and the dominant trait is always expressed in hybrid organisms?

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Simple dominance

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What is a form of a character such as tall or short?

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Trait

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What is a slightly different version of a gene coding for the same trait?

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Allele

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What is the trait that an organism expresses as determined by its genotype?

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Phenotype

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What is the genetic makeup of an organism?

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Genotype

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What is the term for an organism that has two identical alleles for a trait?

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Purebred

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What is the term for an organism that has two different alleles for a trait?

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Hybrid

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What is the term for a trait that is expressed only when two recessive alleles are present?

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Recessive trait

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What is the term for a trait that is expressed even when only one dominant allele is present?

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Dominant trait