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How many dominant alleles are needed for a particular trait to show up?
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Are reading, dancing, singing acquired traits or inherited traits?

Acquired traits

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This is a person who studies genetics.
Geneticist
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This is the study of heredity
genetics
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TT and tt are both examples of a ___________ trait.
purebred/homozygous
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What is another word for heterozygous?
hybrid
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What is another word for purebred?
homozygous
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This occurs when egg and sperm join to make offspring.
fertiization
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This is an organism's genetic makeup.
Genotype
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This is an organism's physical appearance.
Phenotype
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Process which creates egg and sperm cells, resulting in variation.

Meiosis

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An organism with 2 different alleles for a trait is called a ______.
Hybrid/heterozygous
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This shows all of the possible outcomes of a genetic cross.
Punnett square
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This type of organism has 2 different alleles for a trait
Heterozygous
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What happens when a recessive allele is paired up with a dominant allele?
It is hidden / doesn't show up
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This is a number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur.
Probability
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This type of organism has 2 dominant alleles for a trait.
Homozygous dominant
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This process creates identical body cells.

Mitosis

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This occurs when 2 traits are neither dominant nor recessive, both show up.
co-dominant / codominance
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This type of organism has 2 recessive alleles for a trait
Homozygous recessive
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This is the passing of physical characteristics from parent to offspring.
Heredity
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This was the scientist who first began studying heredity and genetics.
Gregor Mendel
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Different forms of a gene.
alleles
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Different forms of your characteristics
Traits
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Factors that control traits are called.....
Genes
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