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Cubangbang 6th Ch. 13 Stack1 #241724
Question | Answer |
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Traits | Characteristics that you have inherited from your parents. |
Genes | Small pieces of DNA. |
DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid, the chemical code that tells your cells to do. |
Heredity | Is the passing of traits from the parents to the child. |
Inhererited | Received traits from your parents. |
Purebred plants | Are plants that show the same trait for many generations when pollinated naturally. |
Genetics | Is the study of how traits are inherited. |
Hybrids | Plants produced by crossing purebred parents plants that each have a different trait |
Dominant Trait | Is the characteristic that is shown in the hybrid generation. |
Recessive Trait | Is hidden in the hybrid generation. |
Phenotype | The phisical appearance of an organism. |
Genotype | The getnetic makeup of an organism. |
Codominant | The expression of both genes instead of one being recessive while the other is dominant. |
Incomplete dominance | The bleding of genes together, instead of being domminant while the other is recessive. |
Pedigree | A chart that traces a particular trait through many generations. |
Sex-linked traits | Traits that are usually passed from mothers to children but are usually visible only in sons. |