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Genetics - Michelle
Genetics Intro Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is genetics? | Genetics is the science of genes, variation, and heredity that is in living organisms. It is also the process of an inheritance of a trait from parents to the offspring, such as the molecular structure. |
| What are genes? | When some hereditary is transferred from a part to an offspring. It is what helps the offspring have certain characteristics. |
| What are alleles? | Different forms of a gene that arises by mutation and they are found at the same place on the chromosome. |
| What is a trait? | A feature that an organism has. |
| What is a punnett square? | A diagram that helps predict the outcome of a certain cross or breeding investigation. It is used to help give the probability of an offspring having a certain genotype. |
| What is homozygous? | An organism that has two copies of the same allele for a trait that is at almost the same spot. |
| What is a phenotype? | It is a trait that is commonly in use, but doesn't state the trait it is a part of. |
| What is a genotype? | The genetic makeup of an organism that has to do with a specific characteristic. |