Heredity and Genetics (5th grade)

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What is heredity?

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Heredity is the passing of traits from parents to their offspring through genes.

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What are genes?

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Genes are segments of DNA that determine specific traits in an organism.

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What is a trait?

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A trait is a characteristic or feature of an organism, such as eye color or height.

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What are inherited traits?

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Inherited traits are characteristics that are passed down from parents to their children, like dimples or hair color.

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What is a dominant trait?

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A dominant trait is a genetic trait that will appear in the offspring if one of the parents contributes it.

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What is a recessive trait?

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A recessive trait is a genetic trait that must be contributed by both parents for it to appear in the offspring.

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What is the difference between dominant and recessive traits?

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Dominant traits require only one copy to be expressed, while recessive traits require two copies.

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What is a phenotype?

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A phenotype is the observable physical or biochemical characteristics of an organism, determined by its genotype.

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What is a genotype?

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A genotype is the genetic makeup of an organism, representing the alleles it carries.

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What are alleles?

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Alleles are different forms of a gene that can exist at a specific locus on a chromosome.