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1
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the passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring

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Heredity

2
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the trait observed in the first generation when parents that have different traits are bred.

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Dominant Trait

3
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a trait that reappears in the second generation after disappearing in the first generation when parents with different traits are bred

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Recessive Trait

4
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one set of instructions for an inherited trait

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Genes

5
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one of the alternative forms of the gene that governs a characteristic, such as hair color

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Alleles

6
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an organism’s appearance or other detectable characteristic

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Phenotype

7
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the entire genetic makeup of an organism; also the combination of genes for one or more specific traits

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Genotype

8
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the likelihood that a possible future event will occur in any given instance of the event

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Probability

9
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a process in cell division during which the number of chromosomes decreases to half the original number by two divisions of the nucleus, which results in the production of sex cells

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Meiosis

10
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one of the pair of chromosomes that determine the sex of an individual

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Sex chromosomes

11
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a diagram that shows the occurrence of a genetic trait in several generations of a family

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Pedigree

12
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deoxyribonucleic acid,

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DNA

13
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a

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Nucleotide

14
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a

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Mutations

15
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a

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RNA

16
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a

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Ribosome