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Homework:
5/13 - Copy vocabulary words in NB. Quiz on 5/15/15
10. purebred - of or relating to an animal, all of whose ancestors derive over many generations from a recognized breed.
1. hybrids - the offspring of two plants or animals of different species or varieties, such as a mule (a hybrid of a donkey and a horse)
2. dominant trait - In genetics, a trait that will appear in the offspring if one of the parents contributes it.
3. recessive trait - traits can be carried in a person's genes without appearing in that person.
4. inherited trait - A trait or character that is genetically inherited or passed down from generation to generation.
5. pedigree - a genealogical table, chart, list, or record, especially of a purebred animal. 3. distinguished, excellent, or pure ancestry
6. genetics - The study of heredity, or how the characteristics of living things are transmitted from one generation to the next.
7. carrier - An organism that carries a gene for a trait but does not show the trait itself.
8. incomplete dominance - is the genetic situation when one gene for a characteristic trait does not completely dominate over another gene for the same characteristic trait, and the result is a characteristic trait that is midway between the two.
9. Punnett Square - is a diagram that is used to predict an outcome of a particular cross or breeding experiment. It is named after Reginald C. Punnett, who devised the approach.
