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Traits
A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes
Purebred
Organism that always produces offspring with the same form of a trait as the parent
Hybrid
An organism has two different alleles for a trait organism that is heterozygous for a particular trait
Genes
Segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait
Heterozygous
Two different alleles for a trait
Dominat Allele
An allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present
Probability
The Likelihood A particular event that will occur
Heredity
Passing traits parents of the offspring
Genotype
Organism genetic make up allele combinations
Phenotype
An organism physical appearance physical trait
Genetics
Scientific study of heredity
Homozygous
Two identical alleles for a trait
Recessive allele
Allele is masked when a dominant allele is present
Codominance
A condition in Wich neither of two alleles of a gene dominant or recessive
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