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Genetic Vocabulary

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

GENETIC VOCABULARY

BY:LUKE BRUNETTE

TRAIT

GENETICALLY DETERMINED CHARACTERISTIC.

DOMAINANT TRAIT

TRAIT THAT TRUMPS ALL OTHER TRAITS.

CHROMOSOME

CARRYS GENETIC INFORMATION FROM THE GENES.

HEREDITY

PASSING OF PHYSICAL, AND MENTAL CHARACTERISTICS FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER.

GENE

UNIT OF HEREDITY THAT IS TRANSFERRED FROM PARENT TO OFFSRPING

RECCESIVE TRAIT

TRAIT THAT DOMAINANT TRAITS TRUMP.

ALLELE

TWO OR MORE ALTERNATIVE GENES THAT ARISE BY MUTATION.

PHENOTYPE

SET OF ALTERNATIVE CHARACTERISTICS

GENOTYPE

GENETIC CONSTUITION OF AN INDIVIDUAL ORGANISM.

HOMOZYGOUS

INDIVIDUAL HAVEING TWO IDENTICAL ALLES OF A PARTICULAR GENE.

HETEROZYGOUS

INDIVIDUAL HAVING TWO DIFFERENT ALLELES OF A PARTICULAR GENE.

DNA

CARRIER OF GENETIC INFORMATION.

PROKARYOTE

MICROSCOPIC SINGLE CELLED ORGANISMS THAT DOESN'T HAVE A NUCLEAS

EUKARYOTE

ORGANISM CONSISTING OF MULTIPLE CELLS, AND CHROMOSOMES, AND DNA.