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hybrid [ Ans: ] An organism that has two different alleles for a trait. dominant [ Ans: ] An allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when it is present. gene [ Ans: ] The set of information that controls a trait; code in the DNA. alleles [ Ans: ] The different forms of a gene. heredity [ Ans: ] The passing of traits from parents to offspring. purebred [ Ans: ] The offspring of many generations that have the same traits. trait [ Ans: ] A characteristic that an organism can pass to offspring through genes. genetics [ Ans: ] The scientific study of heredity. probability [ Ans: ] A number that describes how likely it is that an event will occur. phenotype [ Ans: ] An organism's physical appearance or visible traits. recessive [ Ans: ] An allele that is masked when a dominant allele is present. codominance [ Ans: ] A condition in which the two alleles of a gene are neither dominant nor recessive. heterozygous [ Ans: ] Having two different alleles for a trait. genotype [ Ans: ] An organism's genetic makeup or allele combinations. Punnett Square [ Ans: ] A chart that shows the possible combinations of alleles that result from a genetic cross. homozygous [ Ans: ] Having two identical alleles for a trait.