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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| how a trait appears or is expressed. | phenotype |
| the passing of traits from parents to offspring. | heredity |
| the study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring. | genetics |
| a genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor. | dominant |
| a genetic factor that is blocked by the presence of a dominant factor | recessive |
| a section of DNA on a chromosome that has genetic information for one trait. | gene |
| a different form of a gene. | allele |
| the alleles of all the genes on an organism’s chromosomes; controls an organism's phenotype. | genotype |
| a genotype in which the two alleles of a gene are the same. | homozygous |
| a genotype in which the two alleles of a gene are different. | heterozygous |
| a model that shows genetic traits that were inherited by members of a family. | pedigree |
| a type of asexual reproduction that occurs when an offspring grows from a piece of its parent. | regeneration |
| a form of asexual reproduction in which offspring grow from a part of a parent plant. | vegetative reproduction |
| a type of reproduction in which only one parent organism or part of that organism produces a new organism. | asexual reproduction |
| a form of asexual reproduction where an organism grows on the body of its parent. | budding |
| type of reproduction where the genetic material from two different cells combine, producing an offspring. | sexual reproduction |
| the way an organism reacts to other organisms or to its environment. | behavior |
| the process that occurs when pollen grains land on a female reproductive structure of a plant that is the same species as the pollen grains. | pollination |
| the growth of a plant toward or away from light. | phototropism |
| the response of a plant to touch. | thigmotropism |
| the response of a plant to gravity. | gravitropism |