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| The kinds of genes an individual carries |
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| The observable expression of a trait |
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| Two different genes for the same trait |
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| Two identical genes for the same trait |
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| An inherited trait that is present even when inherited only from one parent |
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| The form of the gene that shows up only when inherited from both parents |
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| A tool used to analyze possible breeding outcomes |
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| The likelihood of an occurrence |
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| The segment of DNA that determines a particular trait |
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| An inherited characteristic of an organism |
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| The passing of traits from parents to offspring |
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| Deoxyribonucleic acid. The genetic molecule in a cell’s nucleus that determines the organism’s genetic traits |
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Compact spools of DNA in a cell’s nucleus that carry the code for the organism’s inherited characteristics.
Most humans have 46 chromosomes or 23 homologous pairs (one from mom and one from dad). |
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| A plant or animal grown from the cell of another plant or animal and is an exact copy of that plant or animal. It is currently illegal to clone a human. |
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| A group of atoms bonded together. |
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A quality or characteristic which makes one thing different from another.
Having hair is a characteristics of being mammal. |
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| Differences between things of the same type, diversity |
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The variability among living organisms from all sources, including, among other things, terrestrial, marine, and
other aquatic ecosystems; this includes diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems |
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| An animal’s or human’s young, children. |
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| All the genes of an organism. |
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