Science Unit 6 - Flash Cards - Genetics
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| Genetics | Study of how traits are inherited
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| Chromosome | Structures in a cell's nucleus that are made of DNA (genetic material)
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| Trait | A distinguishing characteristic or quality; eye color, face shape
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| Heredity | The passing of traits from parents to offspring
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| Asexual Reproduction | A type of reproduction (regeneration, budding, binary fission, vegetative propagation) in which a new organism is produced by 1 parent with identical DNA to the parent
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| Budding | A type of asexual reproduction that produces a bud that breaks away from the organism to live on its own
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| Regeneration | A type of asexual reproduction, uses cell division to re-grow body parts
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| Binary Fission | An organism splitting, making two identical organisms
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| Vegetative Propagation | The ability of plants to reproduce by producing new plants from existing vegetative structures
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| Offspring | Children or young of a particular parent, descendent
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| Sexual Reproduction | A type of reproduction in which 2 parents form a unique offspring
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| Homozygous | 2 alleles in a gene pair are the SAME for a particular trait
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| Heterozygous | 2 alleles in a gene pair are the different for a particular trait
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| Recessive | Describes a trait that is often covered up, is only seen when both alleles in a gene pair are recessive
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| Dominant | Describes a trait that is always seen anytime it is present in a gene pair
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| Hybrid | Another name of heterozygous, alleles for a trait are different
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| Purebred | Another name for homozygous, alleles for a trait are the same
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| Genotype | An organisms genetic makeup, or alleles for a trait
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| Phenotype | Physical appearance and behavior or an organism because of the genes it has
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| Punnett Square | A tool used to predict probability of certain traits in offspring
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