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What is heredity?
Information passed down from parents
How DNA works
Information passed down from grandparents
information from cells
What is a genome?
all genes that makeup a species
all genes that belong to an individual organism
A dominant trait
is bigger than other traits
will always be seen if present
is a hidden trait
is an old trait
A recessive trait
is a smaller trait
is a more powerful trait
will ne hidden by a dominant trait
will always show
Homozygous dominant means
two dominant alleles together
1 dominant and 1 recessive alleles
two really big alleles
Homozygous dominant uses
two capitals (BB)
Two lowercase (bb)
1 capital and 1 lower case (Bb)
2 lower case (bb)
Homozygous Recessive means
two dominant alleles
1 dominant and 1 recessive alleles
two recessive alleles
homozygous recessive uses
two capitals (BB)
two lower case (bb)
1 capital and 1 lowercase
Heteroygous means
2 recessive alleles
2 dominant alleles
1 dominant and 1 recessive alleles
Heterozygous uses
1 capital and one lower case (Bb)
2 lower case (bb)
2 capitals (BB)
What is a genotype
a specific trait
a specific gene combination
a hair color
an eye color
What's an example of a genotype?
brown hair
Bb
big hands
blue eyes
What's a phenotype?
something you can't see in DNA
a gene combination
a physical trait
What's an example of a phenotype
black hair
Tt
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