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GR. 7 Chap. 5 Genetics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| DOMINANT TRAIT | GENETIC FACTOR THAT BLOCKS ANOTHER GENETIC FACTOR |
| EGG | HAPLOID SEX CELL FORMED IN THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGAN |
| GENETICS | STUDY OF HOW TRAITS ARE PASSED FROM PARENTS TO OFFSPRING |
| HEREDITY | PASSING OF TRAITS FROM PARENTS TO OFFSPRING |
| RECESSIVE TRAIT | GENETIC FACTOR THAT IS BLOCKED BY THE PRESENCE OF A DOMINANT FACTOR |
| SPERM | HAPLOID SEX CELL FORMED IN MALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS |
| ALLELE | DIFFERENT FORM OF A GENE |
| CODOMINANCE | OCCURS WHEN BOTH ALLELES CAN BE OBSERVED IN THE OFFSPRING'S PHENOTYPE |
| GENE | SECTION ON A CHROMOSOME THAT HAS GENETIC INFORMATION FOR ONE TRAIT |
| GENOTYPE | 2 ALLELES THAT CONTROL THE PHENOTYPE OF A TRAIT |
| HETEROZYGOUS | HAVING 2 DIFFERENT ALLELES OF A GENE |
| HOMOZYGOUS | HAVE THE SAME 2 ALLELES OF A GENE |
| INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE | OCCURS WHEN THE OFFSPRING'S PHENOTYPE IS A BLEND OF THE PARENTS' PHENOTYPES |
| PHENOTYPE | HOW A TRAIT APPEARS OR IS EXPRESSED |
| POLYGENIC INHERITANCE | OCCURS WHEN MULTIPLE GENES DETERMINE THE PHENOTYPE OF A TRAIT |
| PUNNETT SQUARE | MODEL USED TO PREDICT POSSIBLE GENOTYPES AND PHENOTYPES OF OFFSPRING |
| DNA | DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID GENETIC MATERIAL OF AN ORGANISM |
| MUTATION | CHANGE IN THE NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE OF A GENE |
| NUCLEOTIDE | MOLECULE MADE OF A NITROGEN BASE, A SUGAR, AND A PHOSPHATE GROUP THAT FORMS THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF DNA |
| REPLICATION | PROCESS OF COPYING A DNA MOLECULE TO MAKE ANOTHER DNA MOLECULE |
| RNA | RIBONUCLEIC ACID CARRIES THE CODE FOR MAKING PROTEINS |
| TRANSCRIPTION | PROCESS OF MAKING mRNA FROM DNA |
| TRANSLATION | PROCESS OF MAKING A PROTEIN FROM RNA |