Question 1

The scientific study of heredity, or how traits are passed from parents to offspring.

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Genetics

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Transcription

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DNA

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Ancestry

Question 2

An allele that can be covered up by a dominant allele.

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Recessive

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Mac Daddy

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Larger

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Dominant

Question 3

The physical characteristics you can see.

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Phenotype

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Spleenotype

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Locotype

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Genotype

Question 4

Said of an allele that can cover, or mask, a recessive allele.

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Dominant

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Recessive

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Transgressive

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Big Cheese

Question 5

The actual alleles you carry – not all may be expressed.

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Genotype

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XY

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Phenotype

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Alleles

Question 6

the likelihood of something happening – in this case, a trait being visible.

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Probability

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Point Spread

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Chance

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Odds

Question 7

A physical characteristic that is coded for in your DNA.

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Trait

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Spleen

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Gene

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Coffee

Question 8

The different forms of a gene. You have two for each gene, one from Mom, one from Dad.

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Allele

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Recessive

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Nucleotide

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Gene

Question 9

One of the building blocks of your DNA, consists of a sugar, phosphate, and nitrogen base.

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Nucleotide

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Adenine

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Phenotype

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Allele

Question 10

The condensed form of DNA.  Made of genes that control your traits.

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Chromosome

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Allele

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Chromatid

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Chromatintin

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