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Both Jacques and Brittany Find Themselves in Traffic Court to Testify

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Both Jacques and Brittany find themselves in traffic court to testify about being rear-ended by another driver. Both were physically okay, but both now have anxious reactions when a traffic light changes and they must stop more quickly than normal. How might this shared experience impact their relationship?

Understand the mechanisms and processes involved in fertilization and early embryonic development.
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Definitions:

Genes

Genes are units of heredity made up of DNA. They carry the information responsible for the development of organisms.

Carriers

Individuals who have one copy of a gene for a recessive trait and can pass that gene to their offspring, even if they do not exhibit the trait themselves.

Recessive Genes

Genes that are not dominant and can be masked by the presence of dominant genes, requiring two copies, one from each parent, for the trait to be expressed.

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