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lesson 1 vocab
mr. klemm words for vocab chart from ms. mellon
Term | Definition |
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heredity | the passing of traits from parents to offspring |
genetics | the study of traits and how they are passed from parents to offspring |
inherited traits | occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; or that is that come from reproduction |
acquired traits | the traits that are learned |
asexual reproduction | unicellular organisms or multicellular |
sexual reproduction | more than one multicellular organisms |
selective breeding | the selective breeding of organisms |
dominant trait | a genetic that blocks another genetic factor |
recessive trait | a genetic factor that is blocked by the presence of a dominant factor |
genotype | the alleles of all the genes on an organisms chromosomes |
phenotype | how traits are expressed |
heterozygous | when an organisms genotype has two different types |
homozygous | when the organisms genotype has two identical alleles for a trait |