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'Because I refuse to shave under my arms, I have to pay a price.On a personal level, this price was my mother's hostility.On a public level, the price is dealing with the stares of strangers.' This statement illustrates


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Testcross

A genetic cross between a homozygous recessive individual and an organism of unknown genotype, to determine the unknown organism’s genotype based on the offspring’s phenotypes.

Homozygous Recessive

Referring to an individual carrying two copies of a recessive allele for a particular trait, which will be expressed in the organism's phenotype.

Dominant Trait

A genetic trait that is expressed in an organism even when only one copy of the gene responsible for the trait is present.

CFTR Gene

A gene that provides instructions for making a protein that acts as a channel for the movement of chloride ions across cell membranes, mutations of which can lead to cystic fibrosis.

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