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1
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Heredity

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The transmission of traits from parents to offspring

2
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Genetics

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The study of the transmission of traits from parents to offspring

3
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The 19 th century monk ________ documented the _________ _________ ___ ________

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Gregor Mendel

Particulate mechanism of inheritance

4
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P1

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Parental generation

5
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F1

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First filial

6
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F2

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Second generation offspring

7
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Principle of dominance and recessiveness

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One factor in a pair may mask the other preventing it from having an effect

8
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Genotype

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The actual genetic makeup of an organism. The actual jeans that are found inside the cells

9
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Phenotype

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The outward appearance of an organization as a result of the genotype

10
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Classification of genotypes

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Homozygous: when paired genes for a trait are identical
BB bb
Heterozygous: When paired genes for a trait are not identical
Bb

11
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Allele

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I name we use for each member of a gene pair

12
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Codomimance

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Expression of both alleles at the same time

13
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Incomplete dominance

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A blending of two different alleles

14
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Co dominance

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Hello supposedly is to be expressive the same time