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Genetics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sexual Reproduction | The process in which two parents pass on their genes to create offspring |
| Asexual Reproduction | The process in which only one parent passed on its genetic information to create offspring=cloning |
| Recessive | The trait in inherited only two copies of the allele for that trait(represented by lower case letters) |
| Dominant | The trait inherited as long the offspring receives at least one copy of the allele for that trait |
| Chromosome | A long piece of DNA that contains many genes |
| DNA | A type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of |
| Feature | A characteristic that all members of a species have |
| Trait | A specific characteristic of an individual organism |
| Variation | Any difference in traits between individual organisms |
| Function | how something works |
| Protein molecules | A type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms |
| Structure | The way something is shaped or constructed |
| Gene | An instruction for making a protein moleclue |
| Allele | A specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule |
| Mutation | a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait |
| Heterozygous | an individual having two different alleles (versions) of a gene for a particular trait, inherited from each parent. |
| Homozygous | having two identical alleles (versions) of a gene |
| Inherit | to receive genes from a parent |
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