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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

SCIENCE VOCAB

BY: MARY EVANS
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TRAITS

A CHARACTERISTIC OR PROPERTY OF AN ORGANISM

DOMINATE TRAITS

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

CHROMOSOME

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

THE PASSING OF TRAITS FROM PARENT TO OFFSPRING

GENES

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

RECESSIVE TRAIT

A TRAIT THAT LACKS THE ABILITY TO SHOW 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

CHARTS USED TO PREDICT POSSIBLE GENETIC OUTCOMES FOR OFFSPRING OF 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

PROKARYOTE

EUKARYOTE