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DCMS Genetics
Vocabulary Practice
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| genetics | study of heredity |
| dominant trait | only takes one allele to show up |
| recessive trait | takes two alleles to show up |
| trait | feature inherited from parents |
| Punnett Square | tool used to predict what traits an offspring might inherit |
| genotype | genetic make up on the inside |
| phenotype | visible trait on the outside |
| allele | different form of a trait |
| gene | genetic instructions |
| natural selection | process where individuals are suited to their environment are able to survive |
| adaptive radiation | production of several species from one ancestral species |