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Genetics

Heredity Is the process of transmitting genetic information, traits, and characteristics.
Trait Is a specific, observable characteristic or attribute of an organism.
Genetics It is the biological study of heredity, examining how genes composed of DNA pass traits from parents to offspring.
Fertilization Is the biological process in which male and female haploid gametes.
Purebred Is when an organism whose ancestors over many generations belong to a single, recognized breed or strain.
Gene Is the basic physical and functional unit of heredity.
Allele Is a variant form of a specific gene located at the same position.
Dominant allele Is a genetic variant that expresses its associated phenotype.
Recessive allele Is a version of a gene that only determines an organism's phenotype.
Hybrid Is the offspring resulting from the crossbreeding of two genetically distinct individuals.
Punnett square It is a graphical grid diagram used in biology to predict the potential genotypes and phenotype's.
Phenotype Is the set of observable physical, physiological, or behavioral characteristics of an organism.
Genotype Is the specific genetic makeup or DNA sequence of an organism.
Homozygous Is having inherited two identical alleles of a specific gene, one from each biological parent.
Heterozygous Is a diploid organism that has inherited two different alleles of a specific gene
Incomplete dominance Is a form of genetic inheritance where one allele for a specific trait is not completely expressed.
Codominance Is a genetic inheritance pattern where both alleles in a heterozygote are fully and equally expressed.
Multiple alleles Is the existence of three or more different allele variants.
Polygenic inheritance Is a pattern in which a single phenotypic trait is controlled by the cumulative.
Messenger RNA Is a single-stranded molecule that carries genetic instructions from DNA.
Transfer RNA Is a small RNA molecule (typically 76–90 nucleotides) that acts as an adaptor.
Mutation Is a permanent alteration in the DNA sequence of an organism's.
Sex chromosomes Is a specific pair of chromosomes that determine an organism's biological sex and sexual characteristics.
Sex-linked gene Are genes located on the sex chromosomes.
Carrier Is an individual who possesses one copy of a recessive, disease-causing gene mutation.
Genetic disorder Is a disease or health condition caused by abnormalities.
Pedigree Is a diagrammatic family tree that uses standardized symbols to map the biological relationships.
Karyotype Is the complete, ordered set of chromosomes in a cell.
Selective breeding Is the intentional process where humans breed plants or animals for specific, desirable genetic traits.
Inbreeding Is the mating of organisms that are closely related by ancestry.
Hybridization Is the process of crossing two different individuals—varieties, species, or genera—to produce offspring.
Clone An organism, cell, or molecule that is genetically identical
Genetic engineering Is the direct manipulation, modification, and transfer of an organism's genes.
Gene therepy Is a molecular biology technique that treats or cures diseases.
Genome Is the complete set of genetic material.
Ethics Is a field of applied ethics that examines the moral rightness or wrongness.
Meiosis Is a specialized form of cell division that reduces the chromosome.
Crossing Over Is the exchange of genetic material between non-sister chromatids.
Zygote Is the initial diploid cell formed by the fusion of a haploid female.
Gametes Is haploid reproductive cells.
Protein Synthesis The fundamental biological process where cells build proteins
Autosomal Chromosomes Is any of the numbered, non-sex-determining chromosomes in a eukaryotic cell.
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