Genetics Intro Vocab

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Letters representing an organism's gene pairs.

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Genotype

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Observable characteristics passed from one generation to the next.

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Traits

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Another word for physical traits determined by Genotype.

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Phenotype

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DNA stands for?

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Deoxyribonucleic Acid

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Study of heredity?

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Genetics

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Janet ______ her hair color from her parents.

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inherited

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You inherit one allele from each parent.

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allele

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Biologists have explored genetics and discovered which ______ are linked to certain genetic disorders.

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genes

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When an organism has one _______ allele, it exhibits the _______ phenotype.

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Dominant

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An organism with one dominant and one recessive allele is _________ .

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Heterozygous