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| passing of traits from parent to offspring |
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| trait observed when at least one dominant allele for a characteristic is inherited |
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| trait that is apperent only when two recessive allels for the same characteristic are inherited |
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| segments of DNA that carry heridtary instructions and are passed from parent to offspring; located on chromosomes |
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| different forms of a single cell |
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| inherited combination of alleles |
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| organism's imherited appearance |
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| the mathematical chance that an event will occur |
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| an egg ot sperm; a sex cell carries half the number of chromosomes found in the 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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| chromosomes that carry genes that determine the sex of offspring |
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