Genetics7 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
trait | physical characteristics of an organism |
heredity | the passing of traits from parents to offspring |
genetics | scientific study of heredity |
purebred (homozygous) | produces offspring with the same form of a trait as the parent |
gene | factor that controls traits |
allele | different form of a gene |
dominant allele | trait that always shows up in the organism |
recessive allele | covered up when dominant allele is present |
hybrid (heterozygous) | two different alleles for the trait |
probability | likelihood that a particular event will occur |
Punnett Square | a chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross |
phenotype | visible traits |
geneotype | allele combinations |
codominance | alleles are neither dominant or recessive |
multiple alleles | three or more forms of a gene that code for a single trait |
sex-linked gene | alleles are passed from a parent to a child on a sex chromosome |
carrier | a person who has one recessive allele for a trait and one dominant allele |
pedigree | a chart or family tree that tracks family members |
genetic disorder | an abnormal condition that a person inherits through genes |
amniocentesis | a procedure doctors use before birth to determine if the baby will have a disorder |
karyotype | picture of all the chromosomes in a cell |
selective breeding | the process of selecting a few organisms with desired traits to serve as parents |
inbreeding | crossing two individuals that have the same alleles |
genetic engineering | genes from one organism are transferred into the DNA of another organism |
gene therapy | inserts working copies of a gene directly into the cell of a person with a genetic disorder |
genome | all DNA in a cell of an organism |
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