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traits reproduction
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| feature | a characterisic that all members of a species have. |
| traits | a specific characterisitc 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 funtions inside organisms |
| structure | the way somethnig is shaped or constructed |
| gene | an instruction for makeing a protein molecule |
| gene version (aka=allele) | a specific form of gene that provides instructions for making a partcular protien molecule. |
| mutation | a random change to gene that sometimes results in a new trait. |
| heterozyogous | having gene versoins that are different. |
| homezygous | having gene versoins that are the same. |
| inherit | to recievie genes from a parent. |
| sexual reproduction | the process in which two parents pass on their genes to create offspring. |
| asexual | the process in which only one parent passes on its genetic informtion to create offspring=cloning |
| recessive | the trait is inherited only if the offsping inherits 2 copies of the allele for that trait (represented by lower case letters) |
| dominant | the trait is inherited as long as the offsping receives at lest one copy of the allele for that trait (represented with capitol letters) |
| chromosome | a long piece of DNA that contains many genes. |
| dna deoxyribonucelic acid | type of moleucle thats genes and chromosomes are made of. |
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