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McC 8 Ecology/Bio
ecosystems and genetics
Question | Answer |
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traits | all of the features that an organism inherits |
gene | part of the DNA code on a chromosome |
genotype | the genes that an organism has - its genetic make up |
phenotype | the combination of the genetic make up and the environment's effect on that make up. |
genetics | the study of heredity |
allele | the various forms of a gene |
dominant alleles | shows their effect on the phenotype whenever they are present int he genotype |
recessive alleles | shows their effect on the phenotype only whenever two of them are present in the genotype |
Punnett Square | a probablity to chart to help us make and understand genetic predictions |
evolution | the change in genetics of a species over time; proposed by Darwin and Wallace |
natural selection | organism which are better adapted to an environment survive and reproduce at greater rates than organisms that are not. |
mutation | process in which DNA changes results in new alleles |
adaptive radiation | the production of many species from one ancestral species |
extinction | occurs when the last individual of a species dies. |
heterozygous | organisms with different alleles for the same trait (hybrid); ex. Bb |
homozygous | organism with same alleles (purebred); ex. BB or bb |