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| Deoxyribonucleic acid; genetic information passed from parents to offspring during sexual reproduction |
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| Egg and sperm; contains 1/2 of the genetic material needed to create a new organism |
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| The passing of traits from one generation to another |
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| Structure foudn in the nucleus of the cell that contains hereditary material (genetic information (DNA)) |
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One gene form a pair that codes for a specific trait (represented by capital and lowercase letters); different forms of a gene
T=tall
t=short |
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The genetic makeup of an organism.
(sets of genes carried by the organism (ex. BB 2 seperate alleles for brown eyes)) |
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The physical expression of the genes (ex. Brown eyes)
Result of its genotype
"what you see" |
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Inherited traits
(Heredity) |
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| The passing of traits from parent to offsping (ex: eye color, eye shape, hair type, face shape) |
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A trait that covers over/dominates another form of that trait.
Trait that will always be expressed in the phenotype (alleles represented by capital letters)
If you have a dominant trait it is always shown |
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