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Genetics
genetics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| genetics | The study of genes determine how we look, act, physical, and personality. |
| heredity | The passing of traits from parent to off spring. |
| characteristics | A feature that has different forms. |
| traits | A form of characteristics. |
| dominant traits | Masks the other trait,the trait that shows up when present. represented by a capital letter. |
| resecive traits | the trait that receedes or hides; the recessive trait shows only if both alleles are present. represented by a lower case letter. |
| ratio | ? |
| genes | a unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring. |
| allele | one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome. |
| phenotype | the set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment. |
| genotype | the genetic constitution of an individual organism. |
| homozygous | having two identical alleles of a particular gene or genes |
| heterozygous | having two different alleles of a particular gene or genes |
| punnet square | a grid that shows the different possible out comes of offspring based on the parents' genes |
| probability | the likelihood of something happening |
| gregor mendel | A scientist who discovered genes and heredity through peas. |
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