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genetics vocab DN
the genetics vocabulary words
Question | Answer |
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Heterozygous or hybrid | an organism with two different alleles |
homozygous or purebred | an organism that has two of the same same alleles |
alleles | The different kinds of genes |
dominant | dominate alleles are alleles that show up in an organism even when other alleles are present. |
recessive | recessive alleles are alleles is hidden when a dominant alleles are present |
trait | is a characteristic |
gene | are factors that control traits |
heredity | is the passing of traits from parents to offspring |
genetics | the study of heredity |
phenotype | is the way that an organism looks |
genotype | the genetic makeup of an organism |
chromosomes | short thick coils of DNA |
DNA | determi |
alleles | The different kinds of genes |
dominant | dominate alleles are alleles that show up in an organism even when other alleles are present. |
recessive | recessive alleles are alleles is hidden when a dominant alleles are present |
trait | is a characteristic |
gene | are factors that control traits |
heredity | is the passing of traits from parents to offspring |
genetics | the study of heredity |
phenotype | is the way that an organism looks |
genotype | the genetic makeup of an organism |
chromosomes | short thick coils of DNA |
DNA | determines the inherited traits of an organism |
acquired traits | characteristics that an organism devolopes after it is born |
inherited traits | traits that you inherit from your parents |