| A | B |
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| dominant | a trait that masks another; represented by a capital letter |
| recessive | a trait that is only expressed in the homozygous form |
| allele | the factors that control the traits we have; forms of a gene |
| Mendel | the father of genetics (studied pea plants) |
| chromosomes | coils of DNA which contain genetic information |
| geneticists | scientist who studies inheritance patterns |
| traits | characteristics of an organism |
| genes | found on chromosomes; control our traits |
| genome | all of an organism's genes all together |
| DNA | the building block of chromosomes |
| heredity | the passing down of traits from parents to children |
