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genetics unit vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |