Genetics and Heredity Vocab

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Alternative form of a gene.

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Allele

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Scientific study of heredity

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genetics

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

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Threadlike structure in the nucleus carrying DNA as genes.

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chromosome

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

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Homozygous

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an organism with two identical alleles for a trait

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Segment of DNA on a chromosome coding for a specific trait

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gene

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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Dominant trait

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Covers or dominates another form of that trait.

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DNA

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a complex molecule containing genetic information that makes up chromosomes

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

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An organism with two different alleles for a trait

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heterozygous

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Traits passed from parents to offspring

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Heredity

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

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Genotype

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an organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2