dominant trait - the most influential trait; masks the recessive trait., Gregor Mendel - Austrian monk who lived in the 1800s and discovered the laws of inheritance by careful, repeated experiments with pea plants; called the “father of genetics”., offspring - result of a reproductive process; children., experiments - scientific investigation made under controlled conditions to test the validity of a hypothesis., law - broad explanation that is widely accepted because it is supported by a great deal of evidence., recessive - referring to an allele that is masked by the presence of another allele (called dominant) for the same gene when both are present in a heterozygote; or referring to a trait controlled by such an allele., cell - basic unit of structure and function of living things., gamete - reproductive cell produced during meiosis that has the haploid number of chromosomes., heredity - the passing of traits from parents to offspring., fertilization - union of two gametes that produces a diploid zygote.,

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