Genetics Vocabulary
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| GENE | A segment of DNA that carries hereditary instructions and is passed from parent to offspring; located on chromosomes.
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| TRAIT | An inherited characteristic.
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| GENOTYPE | An organism's inherited combination of alleles.
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| ALELLES | Multiple forms of the same gene.
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| HEREDITY | The passing of traits from parent to offspring.
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| DOMINANT | The trait observed when at least one dominant allele for a characteristic is inherited.
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| RECESSIVE | A trait that is apparent only when two recessive alleles for the same characteristic are inherited.
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| PHENOTYPE | An organisms appearance.
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| ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION | Reproduction in which a single parent produces offspring that are identical to the parent.
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| SEXUAL REPRODUCTION | Reproduction that requires two parents and produces offspring that will share characteristics from both parents.
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| OFFSPRING | Child
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| HOMOZYGOUS | Having two of the same alleles.
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| HETEROZYGOUS | Having two different alleles.
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| CO-DOMINANCE | Expressing the dominant trait when the alleles are heterozygous.
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| ADAPTATIONS | Changes in a species that helps it to survive
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| SELECTIVE BREEDING | the intentional mating of two animals in an attempt to produce offspring with desirable characteristics
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| NATURAL SELECTION | The process by which organisms that are better suited to their environment than others produce more offspring
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| DIVERSITY | A point or respect in which things differ
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| PUNNETT SQUARES | in genetics, a type of grid used to show the gametes of each parent and their possible offspring
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| NUCLEUS | a specialized, usually spherical mass of protoplasm encased in a double membrane, and found in most living eukaryotic cells
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| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid,an extremely long macromolecule that is the main component of chromosomes and is the material that transfers genetic characteristics in all life forms
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| CHROMOSOMES | A threadlike linear strand of DNA and associated proteins in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells that carries the genes and functions in the transmission of hereditary information Humans have 23 pairs
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