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| Pea Plants | plants used by Mendel to discover the basic laws of inheritance |
| Punnett Square | A tool used to predict the outcome of any mating |
| Genetics | the study of how traits are passed from parent to child |
| Mendel | Father of Genetics |
| Law of Dominance | States that some alleles are dominant and others are recessive |
| Cross-Fertilization | The pollen from one plant fertilizes the ova from a different plant |
| Hybrid | alternative terms for a heterozygous individual |
| Dominance | Only one copy of this allele must be present in order to see this trait |
| Gene | A segment of DNA that encodes information for a specific trait. |
| Allele | Term referring to the alternate variations in a trait(ex. Brown hair vs blond hair) |
| Genotype | An organism’s genetic make-up |
| Heterozygous | Organism that has two different copies of an allele |
| Homologous Chromosome | Pairs of chromosomes encoding information for the same traits. |
| Homozygous | Organism that has two of identical copies of an allele |
| Pure-Bred | alternative term for a homozygous organism |
| Law of Segregation | When an organism produces gametes |
| Phenotype | Physical appearance of an organism |
| Recessive | Two copies of this trait must be present in order to see this trait. |
| Coss-Fertilization | The pollen from one plant fertilizes the ova from the same plant. |
| Gamete | reproductive cells |
| Diploid | cell with two sets of chromosomes |
| Haploid | cell with only a single set of chromosomes |
