heredity - The passing of traits from parents to offspring., genetics - The study of HOW traits are passed from parents to offspring., dominant allele - An allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present., recessive allele - An allele that is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present., Example of a homozygous dominant genotype - HH, Example of a homozygous recessive genotype genotype - ee, Example of a heterozygous genotype - Rr, Mendel - A scientist who studied pea plants and found that parents pass down their traits to offspring. AKA the "Father of Genetics.", genotype - An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combination., phenotype - An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits, allele - The different forms of a gene., Punnett Square - A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross., probability - A number that describes how likely it is that a particular event will occur.,

Genetics Review

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