Heredity Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Gergor Mendel | the monk who studied pea plants and research heredity and Genetic traits |
Heredity | the passing od inherited characteristics from generation to generation |
DNA | the chemical code that inside each cell that determines a person traits A-T |
Dominant trait | A genetic trait that appears in first generation (child) and covers up the recessive trait |
Recessive Trait | a weaker trait covered up by a dominant trait in the first generation it shows up in the 2nd generation |
Gene | one set of instructions for an in herniated trait |
Alles | a different form of the same gene (ex hair color) that controls an inherited trait |
Genotype | the genes and inherited instructions for organism not all can be seen |
Phenotype | The physical inherited characteristics that can be seen in a organism such as hair eye and skin color |
Punnett square | a chart that can predict all the possible combat ion to offspring from particular parents |
pedigree chart | a diagram used to trace inherited traits through many generation of a family |
Homozygous Traits | inheriting 2 of the same gene for a genetic trait (purebred) example : BB for brown eyes or bb for blur eyes |
heterozygous traits | inheriting 2 different genes for a genetic traits (hybrid) example Bb for brown eyes |
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