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| inherited trait | a trait that an offspring receives from its parents |
| heredity | the passing down of traits from parents to offspring |
| instinct | a way of acting or behaving that an animal is born with and does not need to learn |
| gene | a part of the chromosome that contains the chemical instructions for inherited traints |
| dominant trait | the form of an inherited trait that masks the other form of the same trait |
| recessive trait | the form of a trait that is hidden in the hybrid generation |
| pedigree | a chart used to trace the history of traits in a family |
| carrier | an individual who has inherited a factor for a trait but does not show that trait physically |
