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Unit 3 Lesson 1 "Heredity and Traits"

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the passing of traits from parents to their offspring heredity
a person’s (animal’s or plant’s) child or children offspring
a characteristic or feature in a living thing trait
traits that an organism is born with that are carried in their genes inherited traits
hair color, eye color, height, weight, tongue roller, dimples, freckles, etc... inherited trait examples
the number of genes inherited for each trait 2
diagram created by Gregor Mendel that is used to predict an outcome of a particular cross or breeding experiment Punnett Square
a gene that is always expressed when it is present in an individual dominant gene
a gene that is only expressed when the dominant gene is not present recessive gene
an Austrian monk who discovered the basic principles of heredity through experiments in his gardern Gregor Mendel
the total number of chromosomes for each human cell 46
the number of chromosomes in a sex cell 23
unable to be seen with the unaided eye microscopic
from sex cells, eggs and sperm meiosis
occurs within body cells and allows for growth mitosis
basic building blocks of life DNA
living things organisms
the basic unit of structure and function of a living thing cell
found in the nucleus of a cell and are made of DNA chromosomes
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