Genetics Word Scramble
|
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
| Term | Definition |
| heredity | the passing of genetics traits from parent to offspring |
| asexual | a process of reproduction (as the dividing of one cell into two cells) |
| reproduction | the process by which living things produce offspring, the act or process of copying something |
| gene | one set of instructions for an inherited trait |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid, a molecule that is present in all living things and that contains the information that determines the traits that a living thing inherits and needs to live |
| chromosomes | in a eukaryotic cell, one of the structures in the nucleus that are made up of DNA and protein, in a prokaryotic cell, the main ring of DNA |
| dominant trait | the trait observed in the first generation when parents that have different traits are bred |
| recessive trait | a trait that is apparent only when two recessive alleles for the same characteristic are inherited |
| alleles | one of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic such as, such as hair color |
| genotypes | the entire genetic makeup of an organism, also the combination of genes for one or more specific traits |
| phenotypes | an organism's appearance or other detectable characteristic |
| meiosis | a process in cell division during which the number of chromosomes decreases to half the original number by two divisions of the nucleus, which results in the production of sex cells |
| mitosis | in eukaryotic cells, a process of cell division that forms two new nuclei, each of which has the same number of chromosomes |
Created by:
jacqueline.lair
Popular Biology sets