Fatima Gourira

  1. heredity
    is the passing of physical characteristics or traits from parent to offspring
  2. genetics
    the scientific study of heredity
  3. fertilization
    when an egg and sperm cells join
  4. Purebred
    the offspring of many generations that shows the same form of a trait.
  5. alleles
    are the different forms of genes
  6. dominant allele
    is one whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present
  7. recessive allele
    is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present
  8. hybrid
    organism that has two alleles for a trait
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Chapter 12.2
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