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Genetics vocabulary
Contains words and description
Term | Definition |
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Chromosomes | Strands of genetic material inside the cell that contain information that codes for the traits of an organism. |
Genetic Material | Genetic information in an organism that is passed down from generation to generation. |
Gene | The location on the chromosome that contains the instructions for a particular trait. |
Alleles | Different forms of a gene |
Dominant | The allele that masks the expression of the repressive allele |
Recessive | The allele whose expression is masked by the dominant allele |
Phenotype | The physical characteristics of an organism |
Genotype | The genetic makeup of an organism |
Homozygous | when an organism has two identical alleles for a particular gene |
Heterozygous | when an organism has two different alleles for the same gene |