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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Feature | A charecteristic that all memberss of a spicies. |
| Trait | A specific charecteristic of an individual organism. |
| Variation | Any difference in traits between individual organisms. |
| Function | How something works. |
| Protien Molecules | A type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms. |
| Structure | The way something is shaped or constructed. |
| Gene | An instruction for making a protien molecule. |
| Gene Version (aka=Allele) | A specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protien molecule. |
| Mutaition | A random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait. |
| Heterozygous | Having gene versions that are different. |
| Homozygoes | Having gene versions that are tthe same. |
| Inherit | To receive genes from a parent. |
| Sexual Reproduction | The process in which two parents pass on their genes to create offspring. |
| Asexual Reproduction | The process in which only one parent passes on it,s genetic information to create offspring=cloning. |
| Recessive | The trait is inherited only if the offspring inherits 2 copies of the allele for that trait (reprisented with capitol letters.) |
| Dominant | The trait is inherited only as long as the offspring recives at least one copy of the allele for that trait (represented with capitol letters.) |
| Chromazome | A long piece of DNA that contains many genes. |
| DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) | A type of molecule that genes and chromazomes are made of. |