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Genetics

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body cells
sex cells
Chromosomes that do not determine the sex of an individual
X and Y chromosomes
chromosomes that each have a corresponding chromosome from the opposite-sex parent
(genetics) an organism or cell having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number
A half set of chromosomes
Cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms
the study of heredity
One of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic
having two identical alleles for a trait
having two different alleles for a trait
genetic makeup of an organism
physical characteristics of an organism
trait that will show up in an organism's phenotype if gene is present
trait that will only appear in the phenotype if organism inherits two of them; covered up by the dominant gene
a chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross
the mathematical chance that an event will occur

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