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traits (1)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| protein molecules | A type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms |
| stucture | The way something is shaped or constructed |
| Gene | An instruction for making a protein molecule |
| Gene version(allele) | A specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making particular protein molecule |
| mutation | A random chang to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait |
| Heterozygous | Having gene versions that are different |
| homozygous | Having gene versions that are the same |
| inherit | To receive genes from a parents |
| sexual reproduction | The process in which twi parents pass on their genes to create offspring |
| asexual reproduction | The process in which only one parent passed on it's genetic information to create offspring =cloning |
| recessive | The trait is inherited only if the offspring inheritef 2 copies of the allele for that trait(represented by lower case letters |
| dominant | The trait inherited as long as the offspring receives a least one copy of the allele for that trait(represented with capitol letters) |
| chromosome | A long piece of DNA that contains many genes |
| DNA | A type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of |