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Who is Gregor Mendel and why is he important in the field of genetics?
He is the father of genetics.
Heredity
The passing of traits from parents to offspring
Gene
The factor that controls a factor
Trait
The characteristics that are passed from parent to offspring.
Allele
Different form of a gene
Phenotype
An organism’s physical appearance of the traits it has.
Genotype
The allele combination or genetic makeup of an organism.
Recessive
The allele that is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present.
Dominant
The allele whose trait always shows up if the allele is present
Hybrid
An organism that results from the breeding of 2 genetically different individuals.
Purebred
An offspring that has many generations of the same trait.
Homozygous
An organism that has 2 of the same alleles for a trait.
Heterozygous
An organism that has 2 different alleles for a trait.
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