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allele

variation of a trait for a specific trait

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what are dominant traits represented by?

a capital letter

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what are recessive traits represented by?

lower case letters

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how many alleles are inherited from each parent?

1 from each

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what is a phenotype?

the physical characteristics determined by the genotype

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what are heterozygus genotypes?

one dominant trait and one recessive trait.

represented by: one capital letter and one lower case letter

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what are homozygus genotypes?

2 dominant triats

represented by: 2 capital letters

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what is the law of segregation?

two alleles from a single trait will seperate randomly into gamets during mitosis

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what is the law of independent assortment?

alleles from 2 seperate traits are not linked together and can segregate independently during the formation of gametes