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| Chromosome | Structure in a cell's nucleus that contains hereditary material |
| Dominant Trait | A trait that covers or dominates another form of that trait. |
| Gene | Sectioin of DNA on a chromosome that contains instructions for making specific protein. |
| Genetic characteristic | Inherited traits |
| Genetic Engineering | Biological and chemical methods to change arrangement of a gene's DNA and change how cells perform their normal functions. |
| Genotype | The genetic makeup of an organism |
| Monohybrid cross | A cross involving parents differing in only one trait. |
| Phenotype | Outward physical appearance (way it looks) and behavior of an organism as a result of its genotype |
| Punnett Square | A tool to predict the probability of certain traits in offspring that show the different ways alleles can combine. |
| Recessive trait | Trait that is covered over by another form of that trait and seems to disappear |
| Alleles | The different forms of a trait that makes up a gene pair. |
| Homozygous | Genotype made up of two dominant or two recessive alleles |
| Heterozygous | Genotype made up of one dominant and one recessive allele |
