| Terms |
Definitions |
| traits | characteristics |
| inherited | trait that is passed from parents to offspring |
| heredity | passing the traits to offspring |
| genetics | study of heredity |
| meiosis | type of cell division that produces gamets |
| gamets | reproductive |
| egg cell | female reproductive cell |
| sperm cell | male reproductive cell |
| DNA | large molecule contined in chromosomes |
| replication | process by which DNA is duplicated |
| RNA | molecule used in the making of proteins |
| karyotype | organized display of an organism' chromosomes |
| centromere | point of a CHROMOSOME WHERE TWO PARTS MEET |
| gene | parts of a chromosome that control the inherited traits |
| allele | one of the two or more forms of a particular gene |
| homozygous | have two like genes for the same trait |
| hetrozygous | having two unlike genes for the same trait |
| dorminate gene | gene whose trait always shows itself |
| recessive gene | gene of a trait that is hidden when the dominate gene is present |
