| A | B |
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| heredity | passing of traits from parents to offspring |
| gene | carry hereditary instructions that are passed from parent to offspring |
| alleles | different forms of the same gene |
| genotype | the written alleles for a characteristic |
| phenotype | the appearance resulting from an organism's genes |
| probability | the mathematical chance an event will occur |
| punnett square | chart used to determince genotypes |
| sex cell | carries half the number of chromosomes found in other body cells |
| homologous chromosomes | chromosomes with matching information |
| sex chromosomes | chromosomes that carry the information to determine gender |
