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| the passing of traits from parent to offspring |
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| an organism that always produces offspring with the same form of a trait as the parent |
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| factor that controls a trait |
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| the different forms of a gene |
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| an allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present |
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| an allele that is masked when a dominant allele is present |
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| an organism that has two different alleles for a trait; an organism that is heterozygous for a particular trait |
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| the likelihood that a particular event will occur |
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| a chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross |
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| physical appearance or visible traits |
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| genetic makeup of an organism - represented with 2 letters |
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| having two identical alleles for a trait |
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| having two different alleles for a trait |
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| process of cellular division that results in sex cells having half the normal number of chromosomes |
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