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behaviors&traits
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Instincts | a way of behaving, thinking, or feeling that is not learned |
| Learned Behvaiors | |
| Inherited Physical Traits | |
| Acquired Physical Traits | characteristic that an organism develops after it is born |
| Organisms | an individual living thing |
| Offsprings | the young of an animal or plant |
| Genes | short segment of DNA that determines an organisms inherited traits |
| DNA | molecule found in the nucleus of a cell and shaped like a double helix; carries and transfers genetic information |
| Punnett Square | |
| Genetics | the scientific study of how genes control the characteristics of plants and animals |
| Chromosomes | Short, thick coil of DNA |
| Genotype | |
| Phenotype |