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 * VOCABULARY: MENDELIAN GENETICS: **

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 * Allele **: The alternative forms of a gene, like the "tall" and "short" versions of the gene for height in garden peas

 **Dominant**: An allele that produces the visible or measurable trait in an organism and is expressed over recessive genes. Dominant alleles are represented by a capital letter ("T").

 **Genotype**: The specific combination of alleles possessed by an individual. Example: "homozygous dominant," which means possessing two copies of the dominant allele.

 **Homozygous**: Possessing two copies of the same allele, both dominant or both recessive. Example: "TT" or "tt."

 **Heterozygous**: Possessing two different alleles. Example: "Tt."

 **Phenotype**: The detectable or measurable characteristic of an organism. Example: tall. The phenotype can, but doesn't always, indicate the genotype.

 **Recessive**: An allele that is expressed only when the dominant allele is not present. Recessive alleles are represented by a lowercase letter ("tt").

 **Trait**: A feature or characteristic of an organism that can be tested or observed.

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