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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| feature | a characteristic that all members of special have |
| trait | a specific characteristic of an individual organism |
| variation | any difference in traits between individual organism |
| function | how something works |
| protein molecules | a type of large molecules that performs important functions inside organisms |
| structure | the way something is shaped or constructedmm |
| gene | an instruction for making a protein molecule |
| gene version | a specific form of gene that provides instrucsions for making a particular protein molecule |
| mutation | a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait |
| heteroyzygous | having genes versions that are the diffrent |
| homozygous | having gene version that are the same |
| inherit | to recieve gene from a parent |
| sexual reproduction | the process in which two parents pass on their genes to creat offspring |
| asexual reproduction | the process of which only one parent passes on it genetic information to creat offspring =cloning |
| recesive | the trait is inherited only if the offspring inherits 2 copies of the allele for that trait |
| dominate | the trait off spring recieves one copie |
| chromosome | a long peice of DNA that contains many genes |
| DNA | a type of molecule that genes an chromosones are made of |