Unit D Part 1 Vocab
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| Characteristics | Traits that have been developed in one person, some of which are genetic.
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| Gene | DNA that can be seen in an offspring.
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| Genetics | The study of genes, the genes that can be passed down from each generation.
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| Inherited trait | A trait developed from either of your parents
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| Acquired trait | A trait developed from the environment, or a trait you have developed in time, not from your parents.
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| Trait | A characteristic that you have gotten from your parents.
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| Asexual Reproduction | Reproduction from only one parent, by cells making exact copies of themselves.
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| Cell | Holds a person’s DNA and can be given to the offspring off the person.
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| Clone | When the nucleus is taken out of the cell of the original animal and put into the “child” clone.
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| Mutation | When the copy of a cell is mutated, it becomes different which causes a change in appearance.
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| Sexual Reproduction | When two parents reproduce an offspring, and the offspring’s traits are inherited by their DNA.
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| Allele | Alternative forms of a gene that are made by mutation and can be found at the same place.
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| Dominant | The trait from the offspring which is the stronger gene. Which is most likely what the offspring will receive.
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| Recessive | A trait that a person carries, but doesn’t show it.
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| Homozygous | You have a pair of matching alleles, that control a certain trait.
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| Heterozygous | One dominant trait and one recessive trait.
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| phenotype | Characteristics that result from the environment.
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| Punnett Square | The square in which the traits from a future offspring can be determined.
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| genotype | The ability to carry the recessive trait and not dominant.
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