Key words

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  • Genetics- the study of genes, genetic variation and heredity in organisms
  • Genotype: the particular set of genes a person posses
  • Phenotype: characteristics of an individual determined by genes and the environment
  • Monozygotic twins: twins conceived from one egg and one sperm (identical)
  • Dizygotic twins: twins that Are fertilised by 2 separate egg and two different sperm
  • Evolution: changes in inherited characteristics in a biological population over a successive generation