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| heredity | traits passed from parents to offspring |
| self-pollination | transferring genetic information one plant to itself |
| cross pollination | transferring genetic information from one plant to another plant |
| gene | chromosome which holds genetic information |
| recessive gene | a gene which does not show the trait |
| dominant gene | gene which does show the trait |
| genotype | the genes (letters) which show a trait |
| phenotype | the way the trait looks in an organism (photo) |
| meiosis | cell division in which sex cells divide into 4 cells each having 23 chromosomes |
| mitosis | cell division in which 2 cells are created each having 46 chromosomes |
| sex chromosome | chromosome which detemines the sex of the organism |
| sex-linked trait | trait that shows up on the sex chromosomes |
| carrier | an organism that carries a gene for a trait, but does not show the trait |
| mutations | changes in the genes |
| replicate | to copy |
| inbreeding | sharing genes in a very small gene pool |
| gene pool | the group from which you can choose your genes. |
| genetic engineering | changing genes to improve an organism |
| selective breeding | choosing an organism to breed based on desire traits |
| applied genetics | changes in genes to affect an outcome |
