Trait, The letters that represent the different parts of a gene., Allele, The different forms of a characteristic., Dominant, The trait that shows up and is expressed while hiding all the other traits. Uses Capital letters., Recessive, The trait that hides and is only expressed when 2 copies of the recessive trait are inherited together., Homozygous, The two alleles/letters for one trait that are the same. Ex: TT, or tt., Heterozygous, The two alleles/letters for one trait are different. Ex: Tt., Genotype, The combination of letters used to represent alleles. Ex: Dd, dd, DD, Phenotype, The physical appearance of a trait. Ex: blue eyes, dimples., DNA, Deoxyribonucleic acid; the molecule of life., Gene, A segment of DNA that contains instructions for how to make a protein., Complementary Base Pairing, How nucleotides bases pair together in DNA; A with T, G with C., Adenine, The nucleotide that pairs with Thymine., Thymine, The nucleotide that pairs with Adenine., Cytosine, The nucleotide that pairs with Guanine., Guanine, The nucleotide that pairs with Cytosine.
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