Chapter 4 vocab./terms
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| acquired trait | a characteristic that an organism develops after it is born
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| chromosomes | short, thick coils of DNA
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| DNA | a molecule found in the nucleus of a cell and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transfer of genetic information
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| gene | a short segment of DNA that determines an organism's inherited traits
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| heredity | the genetic trasfer of characteristics from parent to offspring
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| mutation | a change in the genes of an organism
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| nucleotide | the basic structural unit of DNA
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| adaptation | a trait or characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment
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| dominant | being expressed when an organism receives genes for two different forms of a trait
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| hybrid | an organism that has two different genes for the same trait
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| recessive | not being expressed when an organism receives genes for two different forms of a trait
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