Heredity
Published on Feb 04, 2016
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
GENETICS
- the study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics.
- the genetic properties or features of an organism, characteristic
HEREDITY
- 1. the passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation
- To another.
CHARACTERISTICS
- 1. a feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to
- Identify it
TRAITS
- a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person.
INHERITED TRAITS
- Inherited definition, to take or receive by succession ... To receive a trait from one's parents by genetic
- Transmission
ENVIRONMENTAL
- a physical characteristic that is not inherited but may be an effect of the environment or of a somatic mutation.
DNA
- Deoxyribonucleic acid is a molecule that encodes the genetic instructions used
- in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and many viruses.
CHROMOSOMES
a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.
GENES
(in informal use) a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring. "proteins coded directly by genes"
ALLELES
- one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation
- and are found at the same place on a chromosome.
