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A.A.S Heredity
Definitions for heredity and genes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| phenotype | physical appearance,Adam sandler has black hair. |
| Genotype | The alleles that make up the gene. YY, Yy, yy |
| Homozygous | Means the same alleles also purebred.BB or bb |
| heterozygous | means different alleles also hybrid.Bb |
| Gene | The alleles that make up the genetic info. |
| allele | different form of the gene ex.B<<<<allele b<<<<<alllele |
| Trait | a characteristic.Eye color,height,ears,nose,etc. |
| Heredity | passing of traits from parents to offspring. |
| genetics | study of heredity. |
| dominate | always shows up in organism,even when other allele present. |
| recessive | hidden whenever dominate is present. |
| acquired trait | organism develops after born |
| chromosomes | 46 chromosomes in human,23 in egg or sperm |
| manipulated trait | trait people dilibratly change |