Genetic Vocabulary
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| Heredity | The passing of genetic traits from one parent to offspring
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| Dominate Trait | trsit observed in the first generation when parents that have different traits are bred.
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| Recessive Trait | a trait that is apparent only when two recessive alleles for the same characteristic are inherited
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| Gene | one set of instructions for an inherited trait
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| Allele | one of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a chasracteristic,o such as hair color. Can be dominate or recessive
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| Phenotype | an organism's appearance or other detectable characteristic
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| Genotype | the entire genetic makeup of an organism; also the combination of genes for one or more specific traits( ex: allele Pair: BB, Bb, bb)
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| Probability | the likelihood that possible future event will occur in any given instance of the event
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| Homologous Chromosome | chromosomes that have the same sequence of genes and the same structure
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| Meiosis | a copying process that produces cells with half the ususal number of chromosomes
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| Sex Chromosome | one of the pair of the chromosomes that determine the sex of an individual
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| Pedigree | a tool for tracing a trait through generations of a family
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| Genetic Engineering | Used to help produce large volumes of medicine; change how cells look or perform
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| Genetics | the study of traits
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| Heterozygous | describes an organism with two different alleles for a trait
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| Homozygous | describes an organism with two alleles that are same for a trait(BB-homozygous recessive, bb- homozygous dominant)
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| Incomplete Dominance | phenotype between two homozygous parents, does not show true dominance. (ex: AB blood)
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