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Heredity Passing of traits from parent to offspring -ex. eye color Alleles Different forms of a trait that a gene may have -1 allele in each sex cell Genetics Study of how traits are inherited through the interactions of alleles Hybrids Received different genetic info, or different alleles, for a trait form each parent Purebred An organism that always produces the same traits generation after generation Dominant A trait that can "cover up" other traits in the pair -symbol with a capital letter -ex. G Recessive A trait that seems to "hide" behind dominant traits -symbol with a lower case letter -ex. g Genotype Genetic makeup of an organism -A DOMINANT trait is represented by an capital letter ex. Green pea = G -A RECESSIVE trait is represented by a lower-case letter ex. Yellow pea = g Phenotype Physical expression of the genes -ex. height