Chapter 12 Lesson 2 Vocab.

Hereditary

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

The scientific study of heredity
Fertilization

When eggs and sperm cells join to make a new orginism
Purebred

Organism is the offspring of many generations that show the same form of a trait
Dominant Allele

One whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present
Alleles

The different forms of a gene

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