Scotts's+Glossary+Page

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__Trait__ - A characteristic that's displayed or in a person. It includes physical, behavioral, predisposition to illness.

__Allele__ - A form of gene. Two types in every person, one from each parent

__Gene__ - A characteristic that's passed down hereditary from your parents.

__DNA__ - Genetic make up of a person. (Deoxymibonucleic acid) information molecule that tells other cells how to make you, __You__

__Hereditary__ - Inheriting genes from your parents

__Homozygous__ - Two of the same allele

__Heterogous__ - Two different alleles to the same feature

__Dominate__ - A gene that over rides the recessive gene. e.g (H) Straight thumb - Dominant

__Co-dominate__ - Two alleles combining to be a mixture. e.g Red + White = Purple (in a flower)

__Recessive__ A gene that gets over rided by the dominant gene. e.g (h) Hitchhikers thumb - Recessive

__Phenotype__ - What a genotpye actually looks like. e.g HH = Straight Thumb.

__Genotype__ - HH, hH or hh are Genotypes, what genes the people have the possibility to have.