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Genetics
life science
Term | Definition |
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heredity | Heredity is the passing of traits to offspring from its parents or ancestor. This is the process by which an offspring cell or organism acquires or becomes predisposed to the characteristics of its parent cell or organism |
hybrid | the offspring of two plants or animals of different species or varieties, such as a mule (a hybrid of a donkey and a horse) |
puredred | (of an animal) bred from parents of the same breed or variety. |
trait | a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person |
offspring | a person's child or children |
gene | (in informal use) a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring |
alleles | |
dominant | |
raessive | |
homozygous | |
heterozygous | |
genotype | |
meiosis | |
haploid | |
diploid | |
mutation | |
insertion | |
deletion | |
subsitution | |
sex-linked genes | |
carrier | |
sex chromosomes | |
genetic disorder | |
pedigree | |
selective breeding | |
inbreeding | |
hybridization | |
clone | |
genetic engineering | |
gene therapy |