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Genetics Vocabulary

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

GENETICS VOCAB.

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TRAITS

A special feature or characteristic of a person that stands out.

HEREDITY

Giving your offspring some of your qualities.

SEXUAL REPRODUCTION

Two parents doing sexual intercourse to produce more of their species.

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION

The act of making more of your species but with one parent.

GENES

Physical item of heredity.
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CHROMOSOMES

Multiple threadlike bodies that carry the genes in order.
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DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid that is all of the genetic characteristics of an organism.
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GENOTYPE

The genetic makeup of a living species.

PHENOTYPE

Appearance of an organism that depends on the interaction of genotype.

ALLELE

Any forms of genes.