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Joe Sci 7 Genetics

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chromosomes   cell part that determines what traits a living thing will have  
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Dominant   gene whose trait always shows itself  
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genotype   describes the actual genes you have in your DNA  
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Gregor Medel   1st to study genetics and is known as the Father of Modern Genetics  
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inbreeding   mating closely related organisms to get desirable traits (racehorses, gene splicing)  
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meiosis   type of cell division that produces gametes  
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mitosis   division of the nucleus  
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phenotpe   describes the physical characteristics displayed by your genes (eye color, hair color)  
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pure strain   same like traits same as homozygous example BB, bb  
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recessive   gene of a trait that is hidden when the dominate gene is present  
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adaptations   trait that helps an organism survive in its environmetn  
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Charles Darwin   founder of modern theory of modern evolution  
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evolution   process by which organisms change over time.  
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fossils   remains of traces of a once living organism  
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natural selection   survival of offspring that have favorable traits  
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animals   one of the Five Kingdoms  
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autotroph   organism that can MAKE ITS OWN FOOD  
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binomial nomenclature   a 2 name naming stem to identify an organism. Uses the Genus and Species  
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class   one of the seven classification made pup of related orders  
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classificaiton   grouping things according to similarities  
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family   one of the 7 classification levels mad up of related geneses  
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Fungi   plantlike organisms that lacks chlorophyll  
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genus   made up of two or more species that are very much alike  
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heterotroph   organism that can not makes its own food  
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how are organisms classified   based on how they are alike  
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kingdom   classification group made up of relate phyla  
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kings play cards on fat green stools   Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order Family, and Genus  
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Monera   single celled organism that does not have a true nucleus  
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order   the 4/7 classification system it has carnivora species in order  
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phylum   classification group made up of related classes  
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plants   a living thing that grows and produces photosynthesis  
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Protists   simple organism that has cells with nuclei  
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Scientific name   made up of genus and species names of an organism  
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species   group of organisms that look alike and can reproduce among themselves  
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algae   plant like protists that contain chlorophyll that make their own food through photosynthesis  
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budding   the growth of a new organism front eh parent organism  
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cilia   tiny hairline structures that help organisms move and move food  
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contractile vacuole   space in the cytoplasm of algae euglena that stores water.  
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Euglena   a ptotista that has a chloroplast and can make its own food  
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fission   the separation of cells  
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flagellum   whip like structure on a cell that helps with movement  
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mold   common type of fungi that grows on bread and food  
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oral groove   a mouth like structure in a paramecium that collects food particles  
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pseudopods   fingerlike extension of cytoplasm  
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spore cases   structure that contains spores  
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spores   reproductive structure found in fungi and some plants  
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sporulation   kind of asexual reproduction in which a new organism forms from species released from a parent  
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yeast   colorless, unicellular fungi used to make bread rise  
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