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Inheritance
Transmission of traits from parents to offspring.
Pangenes
Particles theorized by Aristotle in reproduction.
Miniature Person Theory
van Leeuwenhoek's idea of sperm containing a complete individual.
Egg Theory
de Graaf's proposal that eggs contain entire person.
Alleles
Different versions of a gene.
Dominant Allele
An allele that masks the effect of another.
Recessive Allele
An allele whose effect is masked by a dominant.
Genotype
Genetic makeup represented by letters.
Phenotype
Physical expression of a trait.
Homozygous
Identical alleles for a trait.
Heterozygous
Different alleles for a trait.
Punnet Square
Tool to predict offspring genotypes and phenotypes.
Brown Eye Allele
Dominant allele represented by 'B'.
Blue Eye Allele
Recessive allele represented by 'b'.
Genotypic Ratio
Ratio of different genotypes in offspring.
Phenotypic Ratio
Ratio of different phenotypes in offspring.
Tongue Rolling Gene
Gene where rolling is dominant (R) and non-rolling is recessive (r).
Homozygous Dominant
Genotype with two dominant alleles (e.g., RR).
Homozygous Recessive
Genotype with two recessive alleles (e.g., rr).
Hybrid
Another term for heterozygous genotype.
Purebred
Another term for homozygous genotype.
Darla's Genotype
Homozygous dominant for eye color.
Dan's Genotype
Heterozygous for eye color.
100% Rolling Children
Result of homozygous dominant and homozygous recessive parents.
0% Blue Eyed Child
No chance of blue-eyed offspring from Darla and Dan.