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genetics vocab DN
the genetics vocabulary words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |