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Genetics

Vocabulary words for 7th grade genetics.

TermDefinition
Heredity The passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another.
Hybrid The offspring of two plants or animals of different species or varieties.
Purebred An animal bred from parents of the same breed or variety.
Trait A genetically determined characteristic.
Offspring An animal's young or a plant's sapling/seed.
Gene A unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.
Alleles One of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome
Dominant Most important, powerful, or influential.
Recessive Relating to or denoting heritable characteristics controlled by genes that are expressed in offspring only when inherited from both parents, i.e., when not masked by a dominant characteristic inherited from one parent.
Homozygous Pair of matching alleles, which are the two genes that control a particular trait.
Heterozygous Pair of genes where one is dominant and one is recessive — they're different.
Genotype The genetic constitution of an individual organism.
Phenotype The set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.
Meiosis A type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell, as in the production of gametes and plant spores.
Haploid (of a cell or nucleus) Having a single set of unpaired chromosomes.
Diploid (of a cell or nucleus) Containing two complete sets of chromosomes, one from each parent.
Mutation The changing of the structure of a gene, resulting in a variant form that may be transmitted to subsequent generations, caused by the alteration of single base units in DNA, or the deletion, insertion, or rearrangement of larger sections of genes/chromo.
Insertion The addition of one or more nucleotide base pairs into a DNA sequence.
Deletion Which a part of a chromosome or a sequence of DNA is missing.
Subsitution Type of mutation where one base pair is replaced by a different base pair. The term also refers to the replacement of one amino acid in a protein with a different amino acid.
Sex-Linked Tending to be associated with one sex or the other. (of a gene or heritable characteristic) carried by a sex chromosome.
Carrier A person or other organism that has inherited a genetic trait or mutation but does not display that trait or show symptoms of the disease.
Sex Chromosomes A chromosome involved with determining the sex of an organism, typically one of two kinds.
Genetic Disorders An illness caused by one or more abnormalities in the genome, especially a condition that is present from birth (congenital).
Pedigree A diagram of the genetic relationships and medical history of a family using standardized symbols and terminology.
Selective Breeding Is the process by which humans breed other animals and plants for particular traits.
Inbreeding Breed from closely related people or animals, especially over many generations.
Hybridization Is the process of combining two complementary single-stranded DNA or RNA molecules and allowing them to form a single double-stranded molecule through base pairing.
Clone An organism or cell, or group of organisms or cells, produced asexually from one ancestor or stock, to which they are genetically identical.
Genetic Engineering The deliberate modification of the characteristics of an organism by manipulating its genetic material.
Gene Theropy The transplantation of normal genes into cells in place of missing or defective ones in order to correct genetic disorders.
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