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Alternative forms of genes are called ?
ALLELES
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In the simplest cases of Alleles, the genes have only two forms. One form is ______,
the other form is ______.
DOMINANT / RECESSIVE
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When an individual has two of the same alleles, the individual is ______.
HOMOZYGOUS
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When an individual has two different alleles, the individual is ______
HETEROZYGOUS
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What is used to calculate the odds for the inheritance of a particular trait each time a child is conceived?
A PUNNETT SQUARE
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What is the word used to describe all the nitrogen base pairs of an organism or species?
GENOME
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What is the genetic composition of an organism ( the actual alleles of a gene or genes carried by the organism)
GENOTYPE
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What are the physical characteristics called that is the result of the genotype (like flower color, pattern of zebra stripes, widow's peak hairline in humans?
PHENOTYPE
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