Term | Definition |
Characteristics | Traits that have been developed in one person, some of which are genetic. |
Gene | DNA that can be seen in an offspring. |
Genetics | The study of genes, the genes that can be passed down from each generation. |
Inherited trait | A trait developed from either of your parents |
Acquired trait | A trait developed from the environment, or a trait you have developed in time, not from your parents. |
Trait | A characteristic that you have gotten from your parents. |
Asexual Reproduction | Reproduction from only one parent, by cells making exact copies of themselves. |
Cell | Holds a person’s DNA and can be given to the offspring off the person. |
Clone | When the nucleus is taken out of the cell of the original animal and put into the “child” clone. |
Mutation | When the copy of a cell is mutated, it becomes different which causes a change in appearance. |
Sexual Reproduction | When two parents reproduce an offspring, and the offspring’s traits are inherited by their DNA. |
Allele | Alternative forms of a gene that are made by mutation and can be found at the same place. |
Dominant | The trait from the offspring which is the stronger gene. Which is most likely what the offspring will receive. |
Recessive | A trait that a person carries, but doesn’t show it. |
Homozygous | You have a pair of matching alleles, that control a certain trait. |
Heterozygous | One dominant trait and one recessive trait. |
phenotype | Characteristics that result from the environment. |
Punnett Square | The square in which the traits from a future offspring can be determined. |
genotype | The ability to carry the recessive trait and not dominant. |