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Genetics Vocabulary

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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TRAIT

A CHARACTERISTIC OR PROPERTY OF AN ORGANISM
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DOMINANT TRAIT

A GENETIC TRAIT PASSED FROM PARENT TO CHILD THAT IS MORE LIKELY TO BE EXPRESSED

CHROMOSOME

A TIGHTLY WOUND BUNDLE OF DNA AND PROTEINS FOUND IN THE NUCLEUS OF MOST LIVING CELLS

HEREDITY

THE PASSING OF TRAITS FROM PARENT TO OFFSPRING

GENE

THE BASIC UNIT OF HEREDITY IN A LIVING ORGANISM; A SEGMENT OF DNA OR RNA

RECESSIVE TRAIT

A GENETIC TRAIT THAT LACKS THE ABILITY TO MANIFEST ITSELF WHEN A DOMINANT GENE IS PRESENT

ALLELE

ONE MEMBER OF A PAIR OR SERIES OF GENES ON SPECIFIC CHROMOSOMES IN SPECIFIC POSITIONS

PUNNETT SQUARE

A CHART USED TO DETERMINE THE POSSIBLE GENETIC OUTCOMES FOR OFFSPRING OF A GIVEN CROSS

PHENOTYPE

THE OBSERVABLE TRAITS OF AN ORGANISM PASSED ON FROM PARENT TO OFFSPRING

GENOTYPE

INTERNAL GENETIC CODING PASSED ON FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT

HOMOZYGOUS

HETEROZYGOUS

PROKARYOTES

EUKARYOTES

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