Gene - a segment of DNA that codes for a protein, or a trait, Trait - physical appearance, Heredity - passing of traits from parent to offspring, Genetics - study of heredity, Monohybrid cross - cross involving a single trait, Dihybrid cross - cross involving two traits, Allele - a version of a gene, Dominant - stronger of two genes expressed in the hybrid; represented by a capital letter, Recessive - gene that shows up less often in a cross; represented by a lowercase letter, Genotype - the 2 alleles (or forms of the gene) you have, Phenotype - Physical appearance (ex. Brown hair); given to you by your genotype, Homozygous genotype - gene combination involving 2 dominant or 2 recessive genes, Heterozygous genotype - gene combination of one dominant & one recessive allele, Punnett Square - Used to help solve genetics problems,

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