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When something has a different physical characteristic it is called this
What is a trait
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The passing of traits from parent to offspring.
What is heredity
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The scientific study of heredity is also called this
What is genetics
100
Purebred means the same as this
What is homozygous
100
A hybrid is also called
heterozygous
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These are factors that control traits
What are genes
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These are different forms of a gene
What are Alleles
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A trait that will ALWAYS show up in an organism as long as it it present
What is a dominant allele
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A trait that is masked by a dominant allele
What is a recessive allele
200
An organism's genetic make up, or alleles
What is genotype
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This refers to an organisms genetic make up
What is a genotype
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This refers to an organism's Physical Characteristics
What is a Phenotype
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This is a chart used to find all possible allele combinations in a cross.
What is a Punnett Square
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This is having two DIFFERENT alleles for a trait
What is heterozygous
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This is having two IDENTICAL alleles for a trait
What is homozygous
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Scientists call an organism that has two different alleles for a trait, a
hybrid/heterzygous
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Referred to as the "genetic blueprint" or code for an organism
What is DNA
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An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait
What is a purebred or homozygous?
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When you cross a homozygous brown hair (B) with a blonde hair person (b) you get this probability of blonde hair.
0/4 0:4 0 out of 4 0%
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These are all what ?? HH, TT, WW, QQ, rr, tt, hh
Homozygous
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What you get when you cross a heterozygous tall pea plant with a heterozygous tall pea plant
What is 1:2:1 cross
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A number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur
What is probability?
500
When a child shows traits that neither of the parents show
What is an example of two recessive traits being carried and passed by both parents
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When you cross a hybrid for brown hair (B) with hybrid for brown hair (B) you get this probability of blonde hair.
1/4 1: 4 1 out of 4 25 %
500
These are all what ?? Hh, Tt, Rr, Nn
Heterozygous