Flashcards on vocab

Heredity

The passing of physical characteristics or traits from parents to offspring.
Genetics

The scientific sstudy of heredity.
Fertilization

An egg and sperm cell join.
Purbred

The offspring of many generations that show the same form of a trait.
Alleles

The different forms of a gene.
Dominant allele

One whos trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present.
Recessive Allele

Is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present.
Hybrid

Organism that has two different alleles for a trait.

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