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Sciance Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Heredity | Is the passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring. |
Trait | Each different form of characteristic, such as stem height, and seed color. |
Genetics | The scientific study of Heredity. |
Probability | To predict the results of a particular event. |
Meiosis | The stage of the cell cycle during which the cells nucleus divides into 2 new nuclei and one copy of the DNA is distributed into each daughter cell. |
Messenger RNA | the form of RNA in which genetic information transcribed from DNA as a sequence of bases is transferred to a ribosome. |
Transfer RNA | RNA consisting of folded molecules that transport amino acids from the cytoplasm of a cell to a ribosome. |
Mutation | A change in a gene or chromosome. |
Fertilization | The joining of the sperm and the egg. |
purebread | The offspring of many generations that have the same traits. |
gene | The set of information that controls a trait; a segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait. |
alleles | The different forms of a gene. |
dominant alleles | An alleles whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present. |
recessive alleles | An allele that is masked when a dominate allele is present. |