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Heredity

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The transmission of characteristics from parents to their offspring

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Inheritance

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The set of characteristics that have been passed from parents to the offspring

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Genetics

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The study of heredity and the variation that occurs in the transmission of heredity characteristics

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Gene

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A particular length of DNA at a particular location on the chromosome that influence a particular characteristic

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Locus

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A particular position where a gene is located

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Monogenic inheritance

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Characteristics controlled by a single gene found at a single position (locus) on the chromosome

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Polygenic inheritance

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Characteristics controlled by more than one gene found at different positions (loci) on one or more chromosome

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Genotype

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Combination of alleles that an individual possesses for a particular characteristic

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Phenotype

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External appearance of an organism

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Genome

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The complete set of all the genes in all the chromosomes of a particular species

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