This document is a two-page vocabulary worksheet for students to define key terms related to genetics and heredity. It includes 18 terms across genetics, inheritance patterns, genetic traits, and tools used to study genetics such as Punnett squares. The terms range from basic concepts like genetics, heredity, genotype and phenotype to more complex ideas such as incomplete dominance, polygenic inheritance, sex-linked genes and genetic engineering.

1. Chapter 5 Vocabulary Definitions Name: ________________________________
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1. Allele
2. Dominant
3. Genetic
Engineering
4. Genetics
5. Genotype
6. Heredity
7. Heterozygous
8. Homozygous
9. Hybrid
10. Incomplete
Dominance

2. Chapter 5 Vocabulary Definitions Name: ________________________________
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11. Phenotype
12. Polygenic
Inheritance
13. Punnett Square
14. Recessive
15. Sex Linked Gene
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