Genetics/heredity Word Scramble
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| Genetics | the study of heredity ,it determines how we act,how we look and personality. |
| Heredity | the passing of traits from parents to offspring. |
| traits | different forms of a characteristic |
| characteristic | a feature that has different forms |
| dominant trait | Masks the other trait the trait that shows up if present |
| recessive trait | the trait that recedes or hides the recessive trait only show if both alleles are present |
| fact | Gregor Mendal is know to be the father of genetics and heredity |
| punnett square | used to organize all the possible combinations of offspring from particular parents |
| probability | the likelihood that a possible future event will occur in any given instance of the event |
| heterozygous | unlike or different traits |
| homozygous | alike or the same traits |
| genotype | the entire genetic makeup of an organism also the combination of genes for one or more specific trait |
| phenotype | an organism's appearance or other detectable characteristic |
| allele | one of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic |
| Gene | one set of instructions for an inherited trait |
| ratio | a relationship between two different numbers |
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