Genetics

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DNA

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deoxyribonucleic acid, contains all of the genetic information of an organism

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Chromosomes

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A chromosome is a package of DNA with part or all of the genetic material of an organism.

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Genes

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DNA segments that determine your traits

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Alleles

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different versions of a gene

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Traits

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A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring.

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Law of Segregation

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Mendelian law stating that two alleles for each trait separate during meiosis

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Law of Independent Assortment

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the law that states that genes separate independently of one another in meiosis

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Dominant

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Describes a trait that covers over, or dominates, another form of that trait.

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Recessive

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trait of an organism that can be masked by the dominant form of a trait

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Co-dominant

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the state in which two genetic traits are fully expressed and neither dominates