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What is genetics?

Heredity book chapter one

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traitis the characteristic an organism has.
geneticsis the study of heredity, or the passing on of traits from an organism to its offspring.
geneis the units of heredity.
dominantis the expressed trait.
recessiveis the trait that seems to disapper.
hybridis an organism that has genes that are different for a trait.
incomplete dominanceis when neither gene in a gene pair masks another.
phenotypeis the physical appearances of an organism.
genotypeis the actual gene make up.
probabilitycan be used to predict the results of genetic crosses.
punnet squareis used to show the possible gene combinations in a cross between two organisms.

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