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Genetics
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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heredity | the passing of traits from parent to offspring |
allele | different forms of a trait that a gene may have |
genetics | the study of how traits are inherited through the interactions of allele |
hybrid | they receive different genetic information, or different alleles, for a trait from each parent |
dominate | it dominated, or covered up, the short form |
recessive | the form that disappeared |
Punnet Squares | tool used to predict the passing of traits in genetics |
genotype | genetic makeup of an organism |
phenotype | the way an organism looks or behaves as a result of its genotype |
homozygous | organism with two alleles that are the SAME heterozygous |
heterozygous | organism that has two DIFFERENT alleles for a trait |
chromosome | structure in a cells nucleus that contains hereditary material (DNA) |
DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid; the genetic material of all organism;made up of two twisted strands of sugar-phosphate molecules and nitrogen bases |