Phenotype - Physical traits that are often observable. (ex. Hair color, Eye color.), Genes - Factors passed from parents to offspring that control traits, Recessive - This type of allele is hidden in the presence of a dominant allele., Genotype - Genetic makeup or allele combination for a specific gene (written in letters), Allele - Different forms of a gene, Genetics - The study of heredity, Hereditary - Passing of traits from parents to offspring, Gregor Mendel - The founding father of modern genetics, Heterozygous - A genotype with two DIFFERENT alleles, Homozygous - A genotype with two of the SAME alleles, Principal of segregation - Describe how alleles are separated into reproductive cells , Gametes - reproductive cells, Punnett Square - diagram that is used to predict the genotypes of a particular cross, Principal of Dominance - This states that the presence of a dominant allele will always mask the presence of a recessive allele,

Genetics Vocab

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