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Genetics/Cell
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| characteristics and qualities passed from one generation to another | heredity |
| a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring | gene |
| a characteristic transferred through genes | inherited trait |
| a characteristic, quality, or behavior that is influenced by surroundings | learned (acquired) trait |
| a trait that will appear in the offspring if one of the parents contributes it | dominant gene (trait) |
| a trait that must by contributed by both parents in order to appear in the offspring; it may be generations before this trait appears in an offspring | recessive gene (trait) |
| a distinguishing quality | characteristic |
| the descendants of a person, animal, or plant considered as a group | offspring |
| a group of people, animal, or plants | population |
| the average length of time between the birth of parents and the birth of their children | generation |
| the smallest part of a living thing that can carry out all of the processes of life | cell |
| made up of only one cell | unicellular organism |
| made up of more than one cell | multicellular organism |
| a very small organisms that are made up of one cell | bacteria |