LifescienceC3 Word Scramble
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Trait | A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes. |
Heredity | The passing of traits from parents to offspring |
Genetics | THe scientific study of heredity |
Fertilization | The process in which an egg cell and a sperm cell join to form a new organism |
Purebread | The offspring of many generations that have the same traits. |
Gene | The set of information that controls a trait; a segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait |
Allele | The different forms of a gene |
Dominant Allele | An allele that is masked when a dominant allele is present |
Phenotype | An organism's physical appearance or visible traits. |
Genotype | An organism's genetic makeup or allele combination. |
Homozygous | Having two identical alleles for a trait |
Heterozygous | Having two different alleles for a trait |
Co-dominance | A condition in which neither of two alleles of a gene is dominant |
Punnet Square | A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross. |
Meiosis | The process that occurs in the formation of sex cells (sperm and egg) by which the number of chromosomes is reduced in half |
Messenger RNA | RNA that copies the coded message from DNA in the nucleus and carries the message into the cytoplasm. |
Transfer RNA | RNA in the cytoplasm that carries an omino acid to the ribosome and adds it to the growing protein chain. |
haploid | Having a single set of chromosomes |
Diploid | Having two sets of chromosomes |
Hybrid | An organism that has two different alleles for a trait: an organism that is heterozygous for a particular trait. |
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