| A | B |
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| trait | characteristics inherited from parents |
| heredity | passing genetic material from parents to offspring |
| allele | different versions of a gene |
| gene | segments of DNA found in chromosomes for producing certain characteristic |
| dominant allele | stronger allele that will be seen in the phenotype |
| recessive allele | allele that is less likely to be seen in the phenotype |
| heterozygous | an organism with 1 dominant and 1 recessive allele |
| homozygous | an organism with 2 dominant or 2 recessive alleles |
| phenotype | observable traits |
| genotype | combination of alleles inhereted |
| punnet square | method to combine alleles to determine the probability of characterists |
| incomplete dominance | when neither allele are dominant and the phenotype is a blend |
| codominance | when neither allele are dominant and both show up in the phenotype |
