Heredity Vocabulary
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| inherited traits | characteristics that an organism gets from its mom and dad
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| acquired traits | a behavior that is taught or learned
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| dominant | a factor that will determine whether a trait is shown (overrides
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| recessive | a factor not shown when one of a pair is dominant (hidden)
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| genes | units of heredity
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| trait | specific characteristics that vary from one individual to another
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| heredity | the passing of traits from parents to their offspring such as eye color
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| offspring | a new organism produced by parents (seedling
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| learned behavior | a skill that is developed after a living thing is born; developed from experience
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| genetics | the field of science that studies how traits are passed on from parents to offspring
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| transmitted | to pass something on to others
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| behavior | the way in which a living thing acts or responds to its surroundings
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| resemble | having qualities of features in common with someone or something else
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