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Genetics
Genetics and Heredity Terms
Term | Definition |
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Asexual Reproduction | Only one parent, identical, fast because there is only 1 parent |
Phenotype | Physical Appearance |
Sexual Reproduction | Two parents, different variations, slower because there are two parents |
Selective Breeding | always about getting desired traits |
Inbreeding | A type of selective breeding, Involves crossing two individuals that have similar characteristics |
Hybridization | Breeders cross two genetically different individuals |
Clone | An organism that has exactly the same genes as the organism from which it was produced |
Karyotype | Picture of all the chromosomes in a cell |
Sex-linked genes | Genes on the X and Y chromosomes |
Mutation | Any change in a gene or chromosome |