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Genetic Vocabulary
Genetics Unit Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Heredity | The passing of traits from parents to their offspring through genes. |
| Trait | A specific characteristic of an organism , like eye color or height. |
| Genetics | The study of how traits are inherited from parents to offspring. |
| Fertilization | The process when a sperm cell and eggs cell join to form a new organism. |
| Purebred | An organism that has two identical alleles for a triat. |
| Gene | A segment of DNA that controls a specific trait.- |