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genetics unit vocab
Term | Definition |
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Alles | A variant from of a gene |
domHeredity | passing of physical characteristics from parents |
Trait | A qulity or charctics typically opne belonging to a person |
gene | control traits |
hybrid | two diffrernt alleles for a trait |
purebed | an offspring for many generations |
alleles | different forms of genes |
meosis | the process of cell divison |
offspring | organism produced by one or in case of sexual reproduction two parent |
genotype | The DNA is used to make up protein and RNA molecules |
homozygouse | two of the same alleles whether dominat recessive |
heterozyous | having two one of each two different alleles having two diffwrent alleles |
codominace | two version a gene individual resceive one version of a gene called an alleles |
gene therapy | copies of gene |
gentic engineeing | that tranform of one gene to another |
clone | orgaism that exact gentic copies every single bit of their DNA is idenical |
hybridization | two different are cross together |
indeeding | two identical are cross together |
selective breeding | the process of selecting genes |
pedigree | a family tree |
genetic disorder | a condition that some inherits a trait |
sex chromosome | determines if it is felmale or male |
carrier | a person who has a recessive alleles for a trait |
sex-linked gene | a male or femlae the sex chromosome are x t female have two x chromosome and male have x and ay |
substition | where pair replaced by a different pair |
deletion | the loss or absence of a section from a nucleic acidn molecule or chromoseme |
punnett square | is a chart that shows |