Heredity and Genetics
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| trait | characteristic
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| inherited trait | trait that is passed from parents to their offspring
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| heredity | passing of traits from parents to offspring
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| genetics | study of heredity
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| sperm cell | male reproductive cell
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| egg cell | female reproductive cell
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| gamete | reproductive cell
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| meiosis | type of cell division that produces gametes
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| DNA | large molecule contained in chromsomes
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| replication | process by which DNA is duplicated
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| protein synthesis | process by which proteins are made
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| RNA | molecule used in the making of proteins
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| karyotype | organized display of an organism's chromosomes
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| centromere | point of a chromosome where two parts meet
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| genes | parts of a chromosome that control inherited traits
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| allele | one of two or more forms of a particular gene
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