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| Branch of biology that studies heredity |
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| Passing on of characteristics from parents to offspring |
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| Segment of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) coding for a certain trait |
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| Available forms of a gene (you get one from your mom and one from your dad for a total of 2 per gene) |
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| This form always appears represent by a uppercase letter |
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| This form will not show up if paired with a dominant allele |
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| The 2 letters represented with alleles are present (can only be RR,Rr,r) |
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| Refers to the RR and rr genotypes meaning the same 2 alleles are present |
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| RR: meaning 2 dominant alleles are present |
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| rr: meaning 2 recessive alleles are present |
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| Refers to the Rr genotype meaning of one of each type of alleles are present (also called hybird) |
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| What the genotype looks like, the physical appearance of a gene |
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