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. |