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| A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes. |
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| The passing of traits from parents to offspring |
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| Deoxribonucleic acid; the genetic material that carries information about an organism and it passed from parent to offspring. |
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| A double rod of condensed chromatin in the nucleus that contains DNA. |
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| The set of information that controls a trait; a segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait. |
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| The different forms of a gene. |
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| An organism's genetic makeup or allele combinations (ex: BB, Bb, or bb). |
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| An organism's physical appearance or visible trait (ex: brown eyes,black eyes, blue eyes). |
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| A trait that is always expressed in the phenotype of an organism. |
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| A trait that is expressed only when two alleles are present. |
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