| A | B |
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| heredity | passing of traits from parents to offspring |
| trait | a characteristic that is determined by genetics |
| Gregor Mendel | the "Father of Genetics"; monk who expiremented with pea plants |
| cross-pollination | occurs when pollen from one plant is carried by insects or the wind to another plant to fertilize it |
| self-pollination | one plant contains both male and female parts; one plant is able to pollinate itself |
| phenotype | physical characteristics represented by a trait; ex: green eyes |
| homozygous | having two of the same alleles for a trait; Ex: HH or hh |
| heterozygous | having two different alleles for a trait: Ex: Hh or hH |
| P Generation | Parent Generation |
| dominant trait | trait that masks or dominates the other trait; shown by a capital letter; Ex: T |
| recessive trait | trait that is masked or hidden; shown by a lowercase letter; Ex: t |
| incomplete dominance | occurs when one trait is unable to dominate another; shown by capital letters; Ex: BW |
| pea plants | Mendel experimented with these living things |
| monastary | location where Mendel conducted his experiments |
| Punett Square | table used to determine probability |
| probability | the chances of a gene appearing in a generation |
