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Genetics Vocabulary

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Where there are two different alleles for a trait.
When there are two identical alleles for a trait.
Offspring formed by parents having different forms of a trait.
Outward appearance of an organism regardless of it's genes.
Reginald Punnett, an English bioligist, who devised a sorthand way of finding the expected proportions of possible genotypes in offspring of a cross.
Trait of an organism that can be masked by the dominant form of a trait.
Characteristic that is inherited, and can be either Dominant or Recessive.
Diploid cell formed when a sperm fertilizes an egg.
Alternative forms of a gene for each variation of a trait of an organism
Observed trait of an organism that masks the recessive form of a trait.
Fusion of Male and Female gametes.
Male and Female sex cells, sperm and egg cells.
Branch of Biology that studies Heridity
Combination of genes in an organism.
Passing of characteristics from parents to offspring.

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