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2b1-heredity
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| genetics | study of how traits are passed from parent to offspring |
| heredity | passing of traits from parent to offspring |
| inherited | trait you get from your parent through your genes |
| trait | specific characteristics or features of an organism |
| gene | section of DNA that helps determine a trait (heir color) |
| allele | type of gene (brown hair) |
| dominant | allele that is shown; capital letter |
| recessive | allele that is hidden; lowercase letter |
| genotype | genetics (BB, Bb) |
| phenotype | Physical (Blue eyes) |
| punnett square | Diagram used to predict genotypes of offspring |
| probability | likelyhood or chance of something happening |
| purebred | two identical alleles |
| hybrid | Two different alleles |
| ratio | tells how many of one thing in comparison to another |
| mutated | DNA that has undergone a change |
| gregor mendall | Father of genetics |
| homozygous | 2 identical alleles purebred |
| heterozygous | 2 different alleles hybrid |
| pedigree | diagram shows how a trait is passed, through several generations of a family |