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| the passing of traits form parent to offspring |
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| different forms of a single gene |
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| a trait observed when at least one dominant allele for a characteristic is inherited |
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| the inherited combination of alleles |
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| a trait that is apparent only when two recessive alleles for the same characteristic are inherited |
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| an organism's inherited appearance |
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| segments of DNA that carry hereditary instructions and are passed from parent to offspring; located on offspring |
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| the mathematical chance that an even will occur |
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| an egg or sperm; a sex cell carries half the number of chromosomes found in other body cells. |
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| chromosomes with matching information |
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| cell division that produces sex cells |
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| the chromosomes that carry genes that determine the sex of offspring |
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