Genetics Vocab
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| Characteristics | A certain feature that belongs to somebody.
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| Gene | Something given from a parent to his or her offspring which creates something about the offspring.
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| Genetics | The study of heredity.
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| Inherited trait | A trait gotten from either one or both of your parents.
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| Acquired trait | A trait gotten due to the environment, which is not inherited.
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| Trait | A certain characteristic that only some people have.
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| Asexual reproduction | Reproduction where one parent has offspring which genes identical to the parents.
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| Cell | The smallest functional part of an organism.
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| Clone | A duplication of one organism created by asexual reproduction.
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| Mutation | A genetically altered organism.
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| Sexual reproduction | Reproduction involving two parents whose offspring inherit a mix of their traits.
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| Allele | Different versions of a gene created by a mutation.
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| Dominant | A trait that appears more often than other versions of the characteristic.
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| Recessive | A trait that appears less often than other versions of the characteristic.
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| Homozygous | A pair of matching alleles that mean you have a trait.
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| Heterozygous | A pair of genes containing one dominant gene and one recessive one.
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| Phenotype | Observable characteristics of a person that can change due to interactions with genes and the environment.
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| Punnett square | A diagram that predicts the outcome of the genes in any offspring of sexual reproduction.
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| Genotype | A collection of genes.
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