Genetics 2021

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What is the passing of phenotypic traits from parents to offspring?

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Heredity

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What is having two identical alleles for a trait or purebred?

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Homozygous

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What is the study of genes, heredity, and genetic variation in living organisms?

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Genetics

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What is an allele that is masked when the dominant allele is present?

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Recessive allele

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What is the set of information that controls a trait; segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a trait?

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Gene

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What is the physical expression of a trait in an organism?

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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 are different forms of a gene called?

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Alleles

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What is the term for an allele that expresses its trait even in the presence of a different allele?

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Dominant allele

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What is the process by which a cell divides to produce gametes?

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Meiosis