Inheritance Terms - Mendelian Genetics

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Heredity

The passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring

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Trait

Each different form of a characteristic

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Genetics

The scientific study of heredity

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Fertilization

A new organism begins to form when egg and sperm join

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Purebred

Offspring of many generations that have the same trait

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Gene

Factors that control a trait

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Alleles

Different forms of a gene

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Dominant Allele

One whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present

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Recessive Allele

Is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present

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Hybrid

Organism that has two different alleles for a trait