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Genetics Vocabulary

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GENETICS VOCABULARY

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TRAITS

A CHARACTERISTIC OR PROPERTY OF AN ORGANISM
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HEREDITY

THE PASSING OF TRAITS FROM PARENT TO OFFSPRING
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Sexual Reproduction
A biological process by which plants and animals create offspring by combining their genetic material.

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ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION

REPRODUCTION NOT REQUIRING FERTILIZATION ONLY INVOLVES ONE PARENT
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GENES

THE BASIC UNIT OF HEREDITY IN A LIVING ORGANISM
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Chromosomes
A tightly wound bundle of DNA and protein found in necleus of most living cells

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DNA
Found in the nucleus of a cell a long nucleic aid molecule containing the genetic instructions for the development and functioning of all living organism.

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GENOTYPE

INTERNAL GENETIC CODING PASSED ON FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT
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Phenotype
THE OBSERVABLE TRAITS OF AN ORGANISM PASSED ON FROM A PARENT TO OFFSPRING

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

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