Gregor Mendel's Work
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Heredity | The passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring |
| Trait | A characteristic of an organism |
| Purebred | An organism which previous generations posses the same trait |
| Gene | The factors that control a trait |
| Allele | The different form(s) of a gene |
| Hybrid | An organism with two different alleles for a trait |
| Dominant Allele | An allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present |
| Recessive Allele | An allele that is masked when a dominant allele is present |
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