What is the term for an organism that has one dominant allele and one recessive allele?
Genetics Vocabulary

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Heterozygous
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What do you call an organism that has both alleles in the same form, either dominant or recessive?
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Homozygous
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What does Mendel's law of segregation state about alleles during meiosis?
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During meiosis, the alleles that control each trait separate, and only one allele from each pair is passed to the offspring.
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What is the study of how traits are inherited through the interactions of genes called?
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Genetics
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What is an example of a phenotype?
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Blue eyes
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What is the difference between genotype and phenotype?
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Genotype refers to the genetic makeup of an organism, while phenotype refers to the observable traits or characteristics.
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What is a dominant allele?
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A dominant allele is an allele that expresses its trait even in the presence of a recessive allele.
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