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SciVocab
science vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| trait | the different forms of charactoristics |
| heredity | the passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring |
| genetics | of,related to or produced by genes |
| Gregor Mendel | the scientist who discovered the principles of heredity in the monastery garden |
| dominant trait | the trait observed in the first generation when parents that have different traits are bred |
| recessive trait | a trait that appears in the second generation often disappearing in the first generation when parents with different traits are bred |
| Genes | one set of instructions for an inherited trait |
| alleles | one of the alternative form of a gene that governs a charactoristic |
| phenotype | an organisms appearance or other detectable charactoristic |
| genotype | the entire genetic makeup of a organism |
| purebred | a plant with 2 domenint or 2 recessive alleles |
| hybrid | a plant that has a genotype (PP) |
| probability | the likelihood that a possible future will occur in any given instance of the event |
| punnet square | a graphic used to predict the results of a genetic cross |
| meiosis | a copying process that produces cells with half the usual # of chromosomes |
| selective breeding | organism with desirable characteristics are mated |
| inbeeding | the production of offspring from the mating of breeding of individuals or organisms that are closely related genetically |
| hybridization | to breed or cause the production of a hybrid |
| cloning | a cell, cell process, that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it were derived |
| DNA | a nucleus acid that is the main constitute of the chromosomes of all organisms |
| mutation | a sudden departure from the parent type in one or more heritable characteristics caused by a change in a gone or a chromosome |
| genetic engineering | a technology in which the genomine of a living cell is modified for medical or industrial use |