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7th grade Life Science

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Deoxyribonucleic acid; the genetic material of all organisms   DNA  
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A type of nucleic acid that carries codes for making proteins from the nucleus to the ribosome   RNA  
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Any permanent change in a gene or chromosome of a cell; may be beneficial, harmful or have little effect to the organism   Mutation  
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The different forms of trait that a gene might have   Allele  
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Receive different information, or different alleles for a trait from each parent. The cross between two individuals   Hybrid  
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A factor that dominates and masks the recessive trait   Dominant Recessive  
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Letters that form a code, that stand for the genetic makeup of an organism   Genotype  
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The way an organism looks or behaves as a result of the genetic make up   Phenotype  
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An organism with two alleles that are the same   Homozygous  
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An organism that has two different alleles for a trait   Heterozygous  
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A tool used to predict the results/ probability of genetics   Punnett Square  
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The study of how traits are inherited through the interactions of alleles   Genetics  
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Biological and chemical methods to change the arrangement of DNA to improve some function   Genetic Engineering  
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Austrian monk Gregor Mendel, 1856   Father of Genetics  
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Who was the father of Genetics?   Gregor Mendel  
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Mendel studied over 30,000 this type of plant to determine the probability of genetics?   Pea plants  
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The passing of traits from parent to offspring   Heredity  
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GG, Gg, gg   Genotype  
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Brown hair, blue eyes, hitch hikers thumb   Phenotype  
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