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Unit D Part 2 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Gene | A cell that allows parents to give their offspring certain traits. |
| genetics | The study of genes, and how they are passed down. |
| inherited trait | A trait that develops in an offspring due to the parent contributing the gene. |
| acquired trait | A trait that a person develops from the environmental factor, and that they weren’t born with. |
| trait | A characteristic a person has. |
| mutation | When the structure of a gene changes |
| allele | One of the many forms of a gene |
| dominant | A trait or gene that is stronger over the other possible trait. |
| recessive | The trait or gene that is not as common as a dominant trait. |
| homozygous | When someone has a pair of the same alleles. |
| heterozygous | When someone has on dominant and one recessive allele. |
| phenotype | Characteristics that are observed, and the chance of getting them |
| genotype | The possibility of getting one kind of gene |
| chromosome | These are part of a gene. |
| cell division | When a cell divides to produce offspring or to make up more cells to repair. |
| DNA | The type of gene that allows parents to give a certain trait to their offspring |
| co-dominant | When homozygous genes are out together and both are present in the offspring |
| incomplete dominant | When one allele does not dominate over the other, which forms a new phenotype. |
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