Genetics Vocabulary/Definitions
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| Heredity | Passing of traits from parent to offspring
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| Inherited traits | Traits that are passed from parents to their offspring
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| Trait | A characteristic that determines how an organism looks, acts, or functions.
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| Offspring | Children or young of a person, animal, or plant
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| Parent organism | A producer of offspring
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| Organism | Any living thing that can carry out its life activities on its own
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| Life cycle | The stages a living organism will go through during its life time
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| Variations | Differences in the appearance of an inherited trait among the members of a group
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| Environment | The surroundings in which the organism lives
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| Species | A certain group of plants or animals that can only reproduce among themselves
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| Specialized structure | Body parts which help organism survive
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| Population | Number and kind of an organism in an area
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| Instinct | Behaviors that are inherited from the parent organism
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| Learned behaviors | Actions and behaviors that are learned through trial and error or are brought about by environment
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| Survival | The process of staying alive
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| Gene | Chemical factors that determine traits
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| DNA | A complex chemical within the nucleus that makes up a gene and determines what traits an organism will have
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