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| genetics | scientific study of heredity |
| heredity | delivery of characteristics from parents to offspring |
| fertilization | process in which reproductive cells join to produce a new cell |
| hybrids | crosses between true-breeding parents with different traits |
| F1 | First filial generation |
| genes | factors that pass from parent to offspring (determine traits) |
| alleles | different forms of a gene |
| principle of dominance | some alleles are are dominant and others are recessive. The recessive allele is exhibited only when the dominant allele is not present. |
| segregation | separation of alleles |
| gamates | sex cells |
