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22 Cards in this Set
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Heredity |
The passing of traits from parent to offspring |
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Chromosome |
any of the microscopic rod-shaped structures that appear in a cell nucleus during cell division, consisting of nucleoprotein arranged into units (genes) that are responsible for the transmission of hereditary characteristics. |
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Gene |
Section of DNA on a chromosome that contains instructions for making specific proteins. |
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Alleles |
The different forms of a trait that a gene may have |
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Genetics |
The study of how traits are inherited through the interactions of alleles |
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Genotype |
Genetic makeup of an organism |
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Phenotype |
The way an organism looks and behaves as a result of its genotype |
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Dominant |
Describes a trait that covers over, or dominates, another form of that trait. |
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Hybrid |
In offspring that was given different genetic information for a trait for me to parent. |
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Heterozyous |
An organism that has two different alleles for a trait. |
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Homozygous |
An organism with two alleles that are the same. |
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DNA |
Deoxyribonucleic acid; The genetic material of all organisms; made up of two twisted strands of sugar – phosphate molecules and nitrogen bases. |
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Recessive |
Describes a trait that is covered over, or dominated, by another form of the trade and seems to disappear. |
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Recessive |
Describes a trait that is covered over, or dominated, by another form of the trade and seems to disappear. |
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Punnet square |
A tool to predict the probability of certain traits in offspring that shows the different ways alleles can combine. |
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Recessive |
Describes a trait that is covered over, or dominated, by another form of the trade and seems to disappear. |
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Punnet square |
A tool to predict the probability of certain traits in offspring that shows the different ways alleles can combine. |
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Protein |
Large molecule that contains carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sometimes sulfur and is made up of amino acids; used by the body for growth and for replacement and repair of body cells. |
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Recessive |
Describes a trait that is covered over, or dominated, by another form of the trade and seems to disappear. |
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Punnet square |
A tool to predict the probability of certain traits in offspring that shows the different ways alleles can combine. |
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Protein |
Large molecule that contains carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sometimes sulfur and is made up of amino acids; used by the body for growth and for replacement and repair of body cells. |
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Messenger molecule |
Need to look this uo |
