Vocabulary words from unit D-1.
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| characteristics | Groups of qualities or features that help to set something apart from something else.
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| gene | A unit passed down from parent to child that holds information that determines certain characteristics of offspring.
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| genetics | The study of heredity and inherited characteristics.
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| inherited trait | A trait that is genetically passed down from parent to child.
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| acquired trait | A trait that you get or develop from the environment around you.
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| trait | A specific quality or attribute that typically sets something apart from something else.
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| asexual reproduction | Reproduction that only involves one parent. In this, the offspring shares the exact same genetic information as the parent.
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| cell | The smallest unit of life.
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| clone | An artificial method of reproducing an organism’s exact genetic information with only one parent. Not to be confused with asexual reproduction.
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| mutation | An unexplained inconsistency in the genes of an organism. Associated primarily with asexual reproduction.
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| sexual reproduction | Reproduction that involves two parents. In this, the offspring receives half of each parent’s genes.
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| allele | Two or more alternate forms of a gene or characteristic.
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| dominant | The gene that has a higher chance of appearing in offspring.
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| recessive | The “hidden trait” that has less of a chance of appearing in offspring.
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| homozygous | Two identical alleles.
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| heterozygous | Two different alleles.
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| phenotype | The physical appearance of an organism.
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| genotype | The genetic appearance of an organism.
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| punnett square | A diagram used to predict the outcome of a cross or breeding experiment.
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