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1 a diagram that is used to predict an outcome of a particular cross or breeding experiment.
2 a hybrid containing genes for two unlike forms of a characteristic, and therefore not breeding true to type.
3 an organism with identical pairs of genes with respect to any given pair of hereditary characters, and therefore breeding true for that character.
4 the offspring of a certain parent or couple, considered as a step in natural descent.
5 Children or young of a particular parent; descendants.
6 the observable constitution of an organism.
7 the branch of biology that deals with the heredity of living things and how genes contribute to differences and similarities
8 the passing on of qualities, characteristics, or traits from parents to their young through the genes.
9 the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
10 sudden departure or change from the parent type, seen in offspring in one or more characteristics that have been inherited, caused by a change in a gene or a chromosome
11 An Augustinian monk considered to be the founder of modern genetics
12 the cell produced by the union of two gametes, before it undergoes cleavage.
13 A mature sex cell, such as a sperm or egg, that unites with another such cell to form a new organism.
14 an inherited feature or characteristic
15 the most basic unit of structure of an organism
16 the basic physical and functional unit of heredity
17 the offspring of two animals or plants of different breeds, varieties, or species.
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