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Ch.5 & 6

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heredirty   the passing of genetic traits from parent to offsprings  
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dominant trait   observed in the first generation when parents have diff. traits are bred  
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recessive trait   reappares in the second generation after disappering in the first generation when parents with diff. traits are bred  
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gene   one set of instructions for an inherited trait  
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allele   one of the alternative forms of a gene the governs a characteristic such as hair color  
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phenotype   an organism appearance or other detectable characteristics  
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genetype   entire genetic makeup of an organism; also the combination of genes for one or more spacific traits  
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probability   the likehood that a possible future event will occur in any given insance of the event  
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homologus chromosomes   that have the same sequence of genes and the same structures  
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meisosis   cell division during which the number of chromosomes decreases of half the original numbers by two divisons of the nucleus, which results in the production of sex cells  
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sex chromosomes   one of the pair of chromosomes that determine the sex of an individual  
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pedigree   a diagram that shows the occurrence of a genetic trait in several generations of family  
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DNA   genetic material- the material that dererminds inherited characteristics  
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nucleatide   acid chain, a subunit that consists of a sugar, a phosphate, and a nitrogenous base  
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double helix   strands of DNA that looks like twisted ladder  
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RNA   a molecule that is present in all living cells and that plays a role in protein production  
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ribosomes   cells organells composed of RNA and protein; the site of protein  
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mutation   change in the nucleatide- base sequence of a gene or DNA molecule  
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