New Vocabulary - genetic
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| Homozygous | Two of the same form of a gene—one from mom and the other from dad
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| Heterozygous | Two different forms of a gene—one from mom and the other from dad are different.
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| Zygote | Male gamete combines with the female gamete resulting in a zygote.
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| Alleles | Different forms of a gene, which produce variations in a genetically inherited trait.
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| Asexual Reproduction | Fungi and bacteria reproduce this way and only takes one individual.
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| Sexual Reproduction | Takes two individuals create an offspring. This has type of reproduction creates more variation in the population.
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| Genotype | Internal heredity information that contain genetic code. Two alleles together.
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| Phenotype | The physical trait that shows in an organism based on the genotype.
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| Dominant Allele | Dominant allele of a gene shows its specific trait even if only one parent passed
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| Recessive Allele | Recessive gene shows its specific trait when both parents pass the gene to the child.
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| Heredity Trait | Passing on of traits from parents to their offspring; either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction
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| Sperm Cells | Male Sex Cells
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| Gamete / Egg Cell | Female Sex Cells
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| Chromosome | Chromosomes are tiny structures inside cells made from DNA and protein
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| Offspring | The product/child after sexual or asexual reproduction is finished
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| Hybrid | Offspring that are the result of mating between two genetically different kinds of parents
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| Pure Bred | Offspring that are the result of mating between genetically similar kinds of parents
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| Meiosis | Cell division in specialized tissues of ovaries and testes which results in the production of sperm or ova
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| Mitosis | Type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus
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| Punnet Sqaure | Simple graphical method of showing all of the potential combinations of offspring genotypes
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| Co-Dominance | The traits expressed by the alleles to be equal in the phenotype. There is neither a complete dominance or incomplete dominance of one trait
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| Ms. Snyder's Favorite Colors | Green and Yellow
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| Genes | Genes are parts of DNA and carry hereditary information passed from parents to children
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