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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| protiens molecules | a type of large molecules that performs important functions inside organisms |
| structure | the way something is shaped or constructed |
| gene | an instruction making a protiens molecule |
| gene version(aka= llele) | a specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protiens molecule |
| mutation | a random change to a gene that sometimes result in a new trait |
| heterozygous | having gene versions that are diffrent |
| inherit | to receive genes from a parents |
| sexual reproduction | the process in which two parents pas on their genes to create offspring |
| asexual reproduction | the process in which only one parent passes on its genetics information to creat offsping= cloneing |
| recessive | the trait is inherited only if the offspring inherits 2 copies of the allele for that trait (represented by lower case letters) |
| chromosome | a long piece of DNA that contains many genes |
| DNA (deoxyribonuclieic) | a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of |
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