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21 Cards in this Set
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Heredity
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the genetic transmission of charateristics from parent to child
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Genetics
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the scientific study of how physical, biochemical and behavioral traits are transmitted from parent to child
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DNA
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a double helix molecule consisting of phosphate, sugar, and nitrogen bases
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Offspring
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children
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Chromosomes
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vary in shape and size, usally occur in pairs, they carry genes in specific places
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Gene
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a unit which directs the structure and behavior of living things, composed of DNA
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Allele
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a diffrent form of the same gene
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nucleous
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membrane bound "brain" of the cell that contorls all cell processes, holds the chromosomes
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recessive
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a gene that will be expressed if there are to of them, represented by the lower case letter, the "weaker" of the alleles
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dominant
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a gene that will be expressed(shown), represented by a capital letter,the "stronger" of the alleles
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Heredity
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the genetic transmission of charateristics from parent to child
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Genetics
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the scientific study of how physical, biochemical and behavioral traits are transmitted from parent to child
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DNA
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a double helix molecule consisting of phosphate, sugar, and nitrogen bases
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Offspring
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children
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Chromosomes
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vary in shape and size, usally occur in pairs, they carry genes in specific places
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homozygous
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havingthe same 2 alleles for a trait
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cross
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breed the male and female to see the offspring
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gamaetes
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special sex cells which contain half the # of chromosomes that are found in the rest of the body cells
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heterozygous
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having 2 diffrent alleles for the same trait
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Genotype
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the genetic makeup
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Phenotype
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observable traits
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