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1. the passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another

2. a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person.

3. most important, powerful, or influential.

4. relating to or denoting heritable characteristics controlled by genes that are expressed in offspring only when inherited from both parents, i.e., when not masked by a dominant characteristic inherited from one parent.

5. the genetic constitution of an individual organism.

6. the set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.

7. refers to a particular gene that has identical alleles on both homologous chromosomes.

8. having dissimilar alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci

9. a square diagram that is used to predict the genotypes of a particular cross or breeding experiment.

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