| A | B |
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| allele | alternative formof a gene for each trate of an organism |
| heredity | passing on of characteristics fromparent to offspring |
| heterozygous | when there are two diffrent aelles for a trait |
| hybrid | offspring of parnts having diffrent forms of traits |
| zygot | cell formed when a male gamete untes with a female gamete |
| trait | characteristic that are passed from parents to offspring |
| recessive | trait of an organismthat can be masked by the dominent form of the trait |
| phenotype | the way an organism looks and behaves |
| genetics | the study of heredity |
| fertilization | uniting a male gamete with a female gamete |
| genotype | allele combnation of an organism |
| dominant | trait of an organism that is observed and that masks the recessive trait |
| homozygous | when there are two identical aelleles for a trait |
